diff --git a/backend/danswer/direct_qa/request_model.py b/backend/danswer/direct_qa/request_model.py
index 5f78db78b..98e069c0e 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/direct_qa/request_model.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/direct_qa/request_model.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class ColabDemoRequestModel(HostSpecificRequestModel):
         }
 
         data = {
-            "input": filled_prompt,
+            "inputs": filled_prompt,
             "parameters": {
                 "temperature": 0.0,
                 "max_tokens": max_output_tokens,
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ class RequestCompletionQA(QAModel):
         self.model_class = get_host_specific_model_class(model_host_type)
         self.timeout = timeout
 
+    @property
+    def requires_api_key(self) -> bool:
+        return self.model_class.requires_api_key
+
     def _get_request_response(
         self, query: str, context_docs: list[InferenceChunk], stream: bool
     ) -> Response: