diff --git a/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/anthropicmsgs.py b/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/anthropicmsgs.py
index a6164257..6bbe4bf1 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/anthropicmsgs.py
+++ b/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/anthropicmsgs.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class AnthropicMessages(requester.LLMAPIRequester):
     async def initialize(self):
 
         httpx_client = anthropic._base_client.AsyncHttpxClientWrapper(
-            base_url=self.ap.provider_cfg.data['requester']['anthropic-messages']['base-url'],
+            base_url=self.ap.provider_cfg.data['requester']['anthropic-messages']['base-url'].replace(' ', ''),
             # cast to a valid type because mypy doesn't understand our type narrowing
             timeout=typing.cast(httpx.Timeout, self.ap.provider_cfg.data['requester']['anthropic-messages']['timeout']),
             limits=anthropic._constants.DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS,
diff --git a/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/chatcmpl.py b/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/chatcmpl.py
index c675618e..e65d908b 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/chatcmpl.py
+++ b/pkg/provider/modelmgr/requesters/chatcmpl.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class OpenAIChatCompletions(requester.LLMAPIRequester):
 
         self.client = openai.AsyncClient(
             api_key="",
-            base_url=self.requester_cfg['base-url'],
+            base_url=self.requester_cfg['base-url'].replace(' ', ''),
             timeout=self.requester_cfg['timeout'],
             http_client=httpx.AsyncClient(
                 trust_env=True,