diff --git a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
index b9c05d8bf8..adc56698c3 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ class SlackAlerting:
             raise e
 
     def _get_deployment_latencies_to_alert(self, metadata=None):
-
         if metadata is None:
             return None
 
@@ -447,12 +446,6 @@ class SlackAlerting:
             level: str - Low|Medium|High - if calls might fail (Medium) or are failing (High); Currently, no alerts would be 'Low'.
             message: str - what is the alert about
         """
-        print(
-            "inside send alert for slack, message: ",
-            message,
-            "self.alerting: ",
-            self.alerting,
-        )
         if self.alerting is None:
             return
 
diff --git a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
index 221a666dca..19780f708d 100644
--- a/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
+++ b/litellm/router_strategy/lowest_latency.py
@@ -345,6 +345,21 @@ class LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
                 if isinstance(_call_latency, float):
                     total += _call_latency
             item_latency = total / len(item_latency)
+
+            # -------------- #
+            # Debugging Logic
+            # -------------- #
+            # We use _latency_per_deployment to log to langfuse, slack - this is not used to make a decision on routing
+            # this helps a user to debug why the router picked a specfic deployment      #
+            _deployment_api_base = _deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get(
+                "api_base", ""
+            )
+            if _deployment_api_base is not None:
+                _latency_per_deployment[_deployment_api_base] = item_latency
+            # -------------- #
+            # End of Debugging Logic
+            # -------------- #
+
             if item_latency == 0:
                 deployment = _deployment
                 break
@@ -356,12 +371,6 @@ class LowestLatencyLoggingHandler(CustomLogger):
             elif item_latency < lowest_latency:
                 lowest_latency = item_latency
                 deployment = _deployment
-
-            # _latency_per_deployment is used for debuggig
-            _deployment_api_base = _deployment.get("litellm_params", {}).get(
-                "api_base", ""
-            )
-            _latency_per_deployment[_deployment_api_base] = item_latency
         if request_kwargs is not None and "metadata" in request_kwargs:
             request_kwargs["metadata"][
                 "_latency_per_deployment"