diff --git a/interpreter/core/llm/setup_text_llm.py b/interpreter/core/llm/setup_text_llm.py
index 0d63fc5cf1..0401ddbed5 100644
--- a/interpreter/core/llm/setup_text_llm.py
+++ b/interpreter/core/llm/setup_text_llm.py
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ def base_llm(messages):
         else:
             params["temperature"] = 0.0
 
+        if not "api_key" in params:
+            params["api_key"] = "sk-dummykey"
+
         if interpreter.model == "gpt-4-vision-preview":
             # We need to go straight to OpenAI for this, LiteLLM doesn't work
             if interpreter.api_base: