diff --git a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc
index 734fe46bb7..ae0db3f8d0 100644
Binary files a/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc and b/litellm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 079821c1eb..137e4f9742 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Choices(OpenAIObject):
         if finish_reason:
             self.finish_reason = finish_reason
         else:
-            finish_reason = "stop"
+            self.finish_reason = "stop"
         self.index = index
         if message is None:
             self.message = Message(content=None)
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ class ModelResponse(OpenAIObject):
         else:
             self.created = created
         if response_ms:
-            response_ms = response_ms
+            self.response_ms = response_ms
         else:
-            response_ms = None
+            self.response_ms = None
         self.model = model
         self.usage = (
             usage
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 707d9ac0b6..8bcdc880a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "litellm"
-version = "0.1.718"
+version = "0.1.719"
 description = "Library to easily interface with LLM API providers"
 authors = ["BerriAI"]
 license = "MIT License"