diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/user_keys.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/user_keys.md
index c7d72d9943..fa78b37c11 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/user_keys.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/user_keys.md
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ from langchain.prompts.chat import (
     SystemMessagePromptTemplate,
 )
 from langchain.schema import HumanMessage, SystemMessage
+import os 
+
+os.environ["OPENAI_API_KEY"] = "anything"
 
 chat = ChatOpenAI(
     openai_api_base="http://0.0.0.0:4000",