diff --git a/backend/apps/litellm/main.py b/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
index 947456881..5a8b37f47 100644
--- a/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
+++ b/backend/apps/litellm/main.py
@@ -43,20 +43,29 @@ app.add_middleware(
 
 
 async def run_background_process(command):
+    # Start the process
     process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
         *command.split(), stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
     )
-    return process
+    # Read output asynchronously
+    async for line in process.stdout:
+        print(line.decode().strip())  # Print stdout line by line
+
+    await process.wait()  # Wait for the subprocess to finish
 
 
 async def start_litellm_background():
+    print("start_litellm_background")
     # Command to run in the background
     command = "litellm --telemetry False --config ./data/litellm/config.yaml"
+
     await run_background_process(command)
 
 
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def startup_event():
+
+    print("startup_event")
     # TODO: Check config.yaml file and create one
     asyncio.create_task(start_litellm_background())
 
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index b5aa7e7d0..48e14f1dd 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ from starlette.middleware.base import BaseHTTPMiddleware
 from apps.ollama.main import app as ollama_app
 from apps.openai.main import app as openai_app
 
-from apps.litellm.main import app as litellm_app
+from apps.litellm.main import app as litellm_app, start_litellm_background
 from apps.audio.main import app as audio_app
 from apps.images.main import app as images_app
 from apps.rag.main import app as rag_app
 from apps.web.main import app as webui_app
 
+import asyncio
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 from typing import List
 
@@ -168,6 +169,11 @@ async def check_url(request: Request, call_next):
     return response
 
 
+@app.on_event("startup")
+async def on_startup():
+    asyncio.create_task(start_litellm_background())
+
+
 app.mount("/api/v1", webui_app)
 app.mount("/litellm/api", litellm_app)