diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/openbb_tradingeconomics/models/economic_calendar.py b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/openbb_tradingeconomics/models/economic_calendar.py
index 330ab33850a..09134ac234b 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/openbb_tradingeconomics/models/economic_calendar.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/openbb_tradingeconomics/models/economic_calendar.py
@@ -94,7 +94,9 @@ class TEEarningsCalendarFetcher(
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "No url generated.  Check combination of input parameters."
             )
-        response = make_request(url.replace("api_key", api_key), **kwargs)
+        response = make_request(
+            url.replace("api_key", api_key if api_key else ""), **kwargs
+        )
         if response.status_code != 200:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Error in TE request -> {response.text}")
         return response.json()
diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/record/http/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers/test_te_earnings_calendar_fetcher.yaml b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/record/http/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers/test_te_earnings_calendar_fetcher.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..211d1170ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/record/http/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers/test_te_earnings_calendar_fetcher.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept:
+      - '*/*'
+      Accept-Encoding:
+      - gzip, deflate, br
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://api.tradingeconomics.com/calendar/country/All/2023-01-01/2023-10-10
+  response:
+    body:
+      string: You must provide valid credentials. Please contact support@tradingeconomics.com
+    headers:
+      APIServer:
+      - TEIIS1A
+      Access-Control-Allow-Credentials:
+      - 'true'
+      Cache-Control:
+      - no-cache
+      Connection:
+      - keep-alive
+      Content-Length:
+      - '79'
+      Content-Type:
+      - text/plain; charset=utf-8
+      Date:
+      - Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:30:57 GMT
+      Expires:
+      - '-1'
+      Pragma:
+      - no-cache
+    status:
+      code: 401
+      message: Unauthorized
+version: 1
diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers.py b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers.py
index 2110ad7046f..6388b131b75 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/tradingeconomics/tests/test_tradingeconomics_fetchers.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def vcr_config():
     return {
         "filter_headers": [("User-Agent", None)],
         "filter_query_parameters": [
-            ("token", "MOCK_TOKEN"),
+            ("api_key", "mock_api_key"),
         ],
     }
 
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def vcr_config():
 @pytest.mark.record_http
 def test_te_earnings_calendar_fetcher(credentials=test_credentials):
     params = {
-        "start_date": datetime.date(2023, 1, 1),
-        "end_date": datetime.date(2023, 6, 6),
+        "start_date": "2023-01-01",
+        "end_date": "2023-10-10",
     }
 
     fetcher = TEEarningsCalendarFetcher()
diff --git a/openbb_platform/pyproject.toml b/openbb_platform/pyproject.toml
index 1fe408b0bb9..24fda72e62f 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/pyproject.toml
+++ b/openbb_platform/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ openbb-fmp = "^0.1.0a2"
 openbb-fred = "^0.1.0a2"
 openbb-intrinio = "^0.1.0a2"
 openbb-polygon = "^0.1.0a2"
+openbb-tradingeconomics = "^0.1.0a2"
 
 openbb-crypto = "^0.1.0a2"
 openbb-economy = "^0.1.0a2"