diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ff41933b..251e8db8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # @instructor-ai/instructor
 
+## 1.4.0
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+- [#182](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/pull/182) [`0a5bbd8`](https://github.com/instructor-ai/instructor-js/commit/0a5bbd8082915bcc8c4686d34fec5d5f034ebd9c) Thanks [@roodboi](https://github.com/roodboi)! - update client types to better support non oai clients + updates to allow for passing usage properties into meta from non-oai clients
+
 ## 1.3.0
 
 ### Minor Changes
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index d9d61e14..981b7ec2 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d358e689..135a8bc8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@instructor-ai/instructor",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.4.0",
   "description": "structured outputs for llms",
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "zod": ">=3.22.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "latest",
+    "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "0.22.0",
     "@changesets/changelog-github": "^0.5.0",
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.27.1",
     "@ianvs/prettier-plugin-sort-imports": "4.1.0",
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
     "eslint-plugin-only-warn": "^1.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^5.1.2",
     "husky": "^8.0.3",
-    "llm-polyglot": "1.0.0",
-    "openai": "latest",
+    "llm-polyglot": "2.0.0",
+    "openai": "4.50.0",
     "prettier": "latest",
     "ts-inference-check": "^0.3.0",
     "tsup": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/src/instructor.ts b/src/instructor.ts
index 3f12d07e..c5568c0a 100644
--- a/src/instructor.ts
+++ b/src/instructor.ts
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@ import {
   PROVIDER_SUPPORTED_MODES_BY_MODEL,
   PROVIDERS
 } from "./constants/providers"
+import { iterableTee } from "./lib"
 import { ClientTypeChatCompletionParams, CompletionMeta } from "./types"
 
 const MAX_RETRIES_DEFAULT = 0
 
-class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
+class Instructor<C> {
   readonly client: OpenAILikeClient<C>
   readonly mode: Mode
   readonly provider: Provider
@@ -46,7 +47,17 @@ class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
     logger = undefined,
     retryAllErrors = false
   }: InstructorConfig<C>) {
-    this.client = client
+    if (!isGenericClient(client) && !(client instanceof OpenAI)) {
+      throw new Error("Client does not match the required structure")
+    }
+
+    if (client instanceof OpenAI) {
+      this.client = client as OpenAI
+    } else {
+      this.client = client as C & GenericClient
+    }
+
+    // this.client = client
     this.mode = mode
     this.debug = debug
     this.retryAllErrors = retryAllErrors
@@ -308,7 +319,9 @@ class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
       debug: this.debug ?? false
     })
 
-    async function checkForUsage(reader: Stream<OpenAI.ChatCompletionChunk>) {
+    async function checkForUsage(
+      reader: Stream<OpenAI.ChatCompletionChunk> | AsyncIterable<OpenAI.ChatCompletionChunk>
+    ) {
       for await (const chunk of reader) {
         if ("usage" in chunk) {
           streamUsage = chunk.usage as CompletionMeta["usage"]
@@ -345,6 +358,24 @@ class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
             })
           }
 
+          //check if async iterator
+          if (
+            this.provider !== "OAI" &&
+            completionParams?.stream &&
+            completion?.[Symbol.asyncIterator]
+          ) {
+            const [completion1, completion2] = await iterableTee(
+              completion as AsyncIterable<OpenAI.ChatCompletionChunk>,
+              2
+            )
+
+            checkForUsage(completion1)
+
+            return OAIStream({
+              res: completion2
+            })
+          }
+
           return OAIStream({
             res: completion as unknown as AsyncIterable<OpenAI.ChatCompletionChunk>
           })
@@ -419,7 +450,7 @@ class Instructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> {
   }
 }
 
-export type InstructorClient<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> = Instructor<C> & OpenAILikeClient<C>
+export type InstructorClient<C> = Instructor<C> & OpenAILikeClient<C>
 
 /**
  * Creates an instance of the `Instructor` class.
@@ -442,9 +473,7 @@ export type InstructorClient<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI> = Instructor<C> &
  * @param args
  * @returns
  */
-export default function createInstructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI>(
-  args: InstructorConfig<C>
-): InstructorClient<C> {
+export default function createInstructor<C>(args: InstructorConfig<C>): InstructorClient<C> {
   const instructor = new Instructor<C>(args)
   const instructorWithProxy = new Proxy(instructor, {
     get: (target, prop, receiver) => {
@@ -458,3 +487,17 @@ export default function createInstructor<C extends GenericClient | OpenAI>(
 
   return instructorWithProxy as InstructorClient<C>
 }
+//eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+function isGenericClient(client: any): client is GenericClient {
+  return (
+    typeof client === "object" &&
+    client !== null &&
+    "baseURL" in client &&
+    "chat" in client &&
+    typeof client.chat === "object" &&
+    "completions" in client.chat &&
+    typeof client.chat.completions === "object" &&
+    "create" in client.chat.completions &&
+    typeof client.chat.completions.create === "function"
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/index.ts b/src/lib/index.ts
index a164ae0c..540da954 100644
--- a/src/lib/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,45 @@ export function omit<T extends object, K extends keyof T>(keys: K[], obj: T): Om
   }
   return result
 }
+
+export async function iterableTee<T>(
+  iterable: AsyncIterable<T>,
+  n: number
+): Promise<AsyncGenerator<T>[]> {
+  const buffers: T[][] = Array.from({ length: n }, () => [])
+  const resolvers: (() => void)[] = []
+  const iterator = iterable[Symbol.asyncIterator]()
+  let done = false
+
+  async function* reader(index: number) {
+    while (true) {
+      if (buffers[index].length > 0) {
+        yield buffers[index].shift()!
+      } else if (done) {
+        break
+      } else {
+        await new Promise<void>(resolve => resolvers.push(resolve))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  ;(async () => {
+    for await (const item of {
+      [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => iterator
+    }) {
+      for (const buffer of buffers) {
+        buffer.push(item)
+      }
+
+      while (resolvers.length > 0) {
+        resolvers.shift()!()
+      }
+    }
+    done = true
+    while (resolvers.length > 0) {
+      resolvers.shift()!()
+    }
+  })()
+
+  return Array.from({ length: n }, (_, i) => reader(i))
+}
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index d2f32108..717fc6bf 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type GenericClient = {
   baseURL?: string
   chat?: {
     completions?: {
-      create?: (params: GenericCreateParams) => Promise<unknown>
+      create?: <P extends GenericCreateParams>(params: P) => Promise<unknown>
     }
   }
 }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export type ClientType<C> =
   : C extends GenericClient ? "generic"
   : never
 
-export type OpenAILikeClient<C> = C extends OpenAI ? OpenAI : C & GenericClient
+export type OpenAILikeClient<C> = OpenAI | (C & GenericClient)
 export type SupportedInstructorClient = GenericClient | OpenAI
 export type LogLevel = "debug" | "info" | "warn" | "error"
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export type Mode = ZMode
 export type ResponseModel<T extends z.AnyZodObject> = ZResponseModel<T>
 
 export interface InstructorConfig<C> {
-  client: OpenAILikeClient<C>
+  client: C
   mode: Mode
   debug?: boolean
   logger?: <T extends unknown[]>(level: LogLevel, ...args: T) => void
diff --git a/tests/anthropic.test.ts b/tests/anthropic.test.ts
index 832eafe8..4625f592 100644
--- a/tests/anthropic.test.ts
+++ b/tests/anthropic.test.ts
@@ -118,15 +118,16 @@ describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: TOOLS", () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: MD_JSON", () => {
+describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: TOOLS - stream", () => {
   const instructor = Instructor({
     client: anthropicClient,
-    mode: "MD_JSON"
+    mode: "TOOLS"
   })
 
   test("basic completion", async () => {
     const completion = await instructor.chat.completions.create({
       model: "claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
+      stream: true,
       max_tokens: 1000,
       messages: [
         {
@@ -135,17 +136,24 @@ describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: MD_JSON", () => {
         }
       ],
       response_model: {
-        name: "get_name",
+        name: "extract_name",
         schema: z.object({
           name: z.string()
         })
       }
     })
 
-    expect(omit(["_meta"], completion)).toEqual({ name: "Dimitri Kennedy" })
+    let final = {}
+
+    for await (const result of completion) {
+      final = result
+    }
+
+    //@ts-expect-error ignore for testing
+    expect(omit(["_meta"], final)).toEqual({ name: "Dimitri Kennedy" })
   })
 
-  test("complex schema - streaming", async () => {
+  test("complex schema", async () => {
     const completion = await instructor.chat.completions.create({
       model: "claude-3-sonnet-20240229",
       max_tokens: 1000,
@@ -173,14 +181,15 @@ describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: MD_JSON", () => {
             Programming
             Leadership
             Communication
-
-            
             `
         }
       ],
       response_model: {
         name: "process_user_data",
         schema: z.object({
+          story: z
+            .string()
+            .describe("A long and mostly made up story about the user - minimum 500 words"),
           userDetails: z.object({
             firstName: z.string(),
             lastName: z.string(),
@@ -196,21 +205,19 @@ describe("LLMClient Anthropic Provider - mode: MD_JSON", () => {
               years: z.number().optional()
             })
           ),
-          skills: z.array(z.string()),
-          summaryOfWorldWarOne: z
-            .string()
-            .describe("A detailed summary of World War One and its major events - min 500 words")
+          skills: z.array(z.string())
         })
       }
     })
 
     let final = {}
+
     for await (const result of completion) {
       final = result
     }
 
-    //@ts-expect-error - lazy
-    expect(omit(["_meta", "summaryOfWorldWarOne"], final)).toEqual({
+    //@ts-expect-error ignore for testing
+    expect(omit(["_meta", "story"], final)).toEqual({
       userDetails: {
         firstName: "John",
         lastName: "Doe",
diff --git a/tests/stream.test.ts b/tests/stream.test.ts
index 79c40633..a14c3bc8 100644
--- a/tests/stream.test.ts
+++ b/tests/stream.test.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ async function extractUser() {
   let extraction: Extraction = {}
 
   for await (const result of extractionStream) {
-    console.log(result)
     try {
       extraction = result
       expect(result).toHaveProperty("users")