diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a490b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "githubPullRequests.ignoredPullRequestBranches": [
+        "main"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/textgrad/engine/__init__.py b/textgrad/engine/__init__.py
index 3e0ee24..e525b93 100644
--- a/textgrad/engine/__init__.py
+++ b/textgrad/engine/__init__.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_engine(engine_name: str, **kwargs) -> EngineLM:
     if engine_name in __ENGINE_NAME_SHORTCUTS__:
         engine_name = __ENGINE_NAME_SHORTCUTS__[engine_name]
 
-    if "seed" in kwargs and "gpt-4" not in engine_name and "gpt-3.5" not in engine_name and "gpt-35" not in engine_name:
+    if "seed" in kwargs and "gpt" not in engine_name.lower() and "gpt-3.5" not in engine_name and "gpt-35" not in engine_name:
         raise ValueError(f"Seed is currently supported only for OpenAI engines, not {engine_name}")
 
     if engine_name.startswith("azure"):
diff --git a/textgrad/engine/openai.py b/textgrad/engine/openai.py
index 723f04a..e6a863d 100644
--- a/textgrad/engine/openai.py
+++ b/textgrad/engine/openai.py
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ def __init__(
                 base_url=base_url,
                 api_key="ollama"
             )
+        elif base_url and "azure" in base_url.lower():
+            # Skip client initialization for Azure
+            # Azure-specific initialization will be handled in AzureChatOpenAI
+            pass    
         else:
             raise ValueError("Invalid base URL provided. Please use the default OLLAMA base URL or None.")
 
@@ -181,20 +185,28 @@ def __init__(
         Raises:
             ValueError: If the AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable is not set.
         """
+        
+
         root = platformdirs.user_cache_dir("textgrad")
         cache_path = os.path.join(root, f"cache_azure_{model_string}.db")  # Changed cache path to differentiate from OpenAI cache
 
-        super().__init__(cache_path=cache_path, system_prompt=system_prompt, **kwargs)
+        azure_endpoint = os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT")
+        if azure_endpoint is None:
+            raise ValueError("Please set the AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT environment variable if you'd like to use Azure OpenAI models.")
+        
+        super().__init__(model_string=model_string, system_prompt=system_prompt, base_url=azure_endpoint, **kwargs)
+
+       
+        
 
-        self.system_prompt = system_prompt
         api_version = os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION", "2023-07-01-preview")
         if os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY") is None:
-            raise ValueError("Please set the AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_API_BASE, and AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION environment variables if you'd like to use Azure OpenAI models.")
+            raise ValueError("Please set the AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY, AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT, and AZURE_OPENAI_API_VERSION environment variables if you'd like to use Azure OpenAI models.")
         
         self.client = AzureOpenAI(
             api_version=api_version,
             api_key=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY"),
-            azure_endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_API_BASE"),
+            azure_endpoint=os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_ENDPOINT"),
             azure_deployment=model_string,
         )
         self.model_string = model_string