diff --git a/dataherald/api/fastapi.py b/dataherald/api/fastapi.py
index dc1c50a9..5fe9173a 100644
--- a/dataherald/api/fastapi.py
+++ b/dataherald/api/fastapi.py
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ def create_finetuning_job(
         model = model_repository.insert(
             Finetuning(
                 db_connection_id=fine_tuning_request.db_connection_id,
+                alias=fine_tuning_request.alias,
                 base_llm=fine_tuning_request.base_llm,
                 golden_records=[
                     str(golden_record.id) for golden_record in golden_records
diff --git a/dataherald/types.py b/dataherald/types.py
index 99efe9e4..df67afe1 100644
--- a/dataherald/types.py
+++ b/dataherald/types.py
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class BaseLLM(BaseModel):
 
 class Finetuning(BaseModel):
     id: str | None = None
+    alias: str | None = None
     db_connection_id: str | None = None
     status: str = "queued"
     error: str | None = None
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ class Finetuning(BaseModel):
 
 class FineTuningRequest(BaseModel):
     db_connection_id: str
+    alias: str
     base_llm: BaseLLM
     golden_records: list[str] | None = None
     metadata: dict[str, str] | None = None
diff --git a/docs/api.cancel_finetuning.rst b/docs/api.cancel_finetuning.rst
index eb2de7b8..a4798068 100644
--- a/docs/api.cancel_finetuning.rst
+++ b/docs/api.cancel_finetuning.rst
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ HTTP 200 code response
     {
         "id": "finetuing-job-id",
         "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id"
+        "alias": "model name"
         "status": "finetuning_job_status" # queued is default other possible values are [queued, running, succeeded, failed, validating_files, or cancelled]
         "error": "The error message if the job failed" # optional default value is None
         "base_llm": {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ HTTP 200 code response
 
     {
     "id": "finetuning-job-id",
+    "alias": "my_model",
     "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
     "status": "cancelled",
     "error": "Fine tuning cancelled by the user",
diff --git a/docs/api.finetuning.rst b/docs/api.finetuning.rst
index 95f2770e..f5ab211e 100644
--- a/docs/api.finetuning.rst
+++ b/docs/api.finetuning.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Request this ``POST`` endpoint to create a finetuning job::
 
    {
         "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id"
+        "alias": "model name",
         "base_llm": {
             "model_provider": "model_provider_name" # right now openai is the only provider.
             "model_name": "model_name" # right now gpt-3.5-turbo and gpt-4 are suported.
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ HTTP 201 code response
 
     {
         "id": "finetuing-job-id",
-        "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id"
+        "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
+        "alias": "model name",
         "status": "finetuning_job_status" # queued is default other possible values are [queued, running, succeeded, failed, validating_files, or cancelled]
         "error": "The error message if the job failed" # optional default value is None
         "base_llm": {
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ HTTP 201 code response
     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
     -d '{
     "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
+    "alias": "my_model",
     "base_llm": {
         "model_provider": "openai",
         "model_name": "gpt-3.5-turbo-1106",
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ HTTP 201 code response
 
     {
     "id": "finetuning-job-id",
+    "alias": "my_model",
     "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
     "status": "queued",
     "error": null,
diff --git a/docs/api.get_finetuning.rst b/docs/api.get_finetuning.rst
index 6a87b432..af3528c5 100644
--- a/docs/api.get_finetuning.rst
+++ b/docs/api.get_finetuning.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ HTTP 200 code response
     {
         "id": "finetuing-job-id",
         "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id"
+        "alias": "model name"
         "status": "finetuning_job_status" # queued is default other possible values are [queued, running, succeeded, failed, validating_files, or cancelled]
         "error": "The error message if the job failed" # optional default value is None
         "base_llm": {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ HTTP 200 code response
     {
     "id": "finetuning-job-id",
     "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
+    "alias": "my_model",
     "status": "validating_files",
     "error": null,
     "base_llm": {
diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index e6ec1229..d546b2fc 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Related endpoints are:
     {
         "id": "finetuing-job-id",
         "db_connection_id": "database_connection_id",
+        "alias": "model name",
         "status": "finetuning_job_status", // Possible values: queued, running, succeeded, validating_files, failed, or cancelled
         "error": "The error message if the job failed", // Optional, default is None
         "base_llm": {