diff --git a/launch/client.py b/launch/client.py
index 5f230a3c..5fcc2358 100644
--- a/launch/client.py
+++ b/launch/client.py
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ def read_endpoint_creation_logs(
 
     def _sync_request(
         self,
-        endpoint_name: str,
+        endpoint_id: str,
         url: Optional[str] = None,
         args: Optional[Dict] = None,
         return_pickled: bool = False,
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ def _sync_request(
         Endpoint at endpoint_id must be a SyncEndpoint, otherwise this request will fail.
 
         Parameters:
-            endpoint_name: The name of the endpoint to make the request to
+            endpoint_id: The ID of the endpoint to make the request to
 
             url: A url that points to a file containing model input.
                 Must be accessible by Scale Launch, hence it needs to either be public or a signedURL.
@@ -1129,8 +1129,6 @@ def _sync_request(
             and the value is the output of the endpoint's ``predict`` function, serialized as json.
         """
         validate_task_request(url=url, args=args)
-        endpoint = self.get_model_endpoint(endpoint_name)
-        endpoint_id = endpoint.model_endpoint.id  # type: ignore
         with ApiClient(self.configuration) as api_client:
             api_instance = DefaultApi(api_client)
             payload = dict_not_none(
@@ -1148,7 +1146,7 @@ def _sync_request(
 
     def _async_request(
         self,
-        endpoint_name: str,
+        endpoint_id: str,
         *,
         url: Optional[str] = None,
         args: Optional[Dict] = None,
@@ -1160,7 +1158,7 @@ def _async_request(
         the result of inference at a later time.
 
         Parameters:
-            endpoint_name: The name of the endpoint to make the request to
+            endpoint_id: The ID of the endpoint to make the request to
 
             url: A url that points to a file containing model input.
                 Must be accessible by Scale Launch, hence it needs to either be public or a signedURL.
@@ -1187,7 +1185,6 @@ def _async_request(
                 `abcabcab-cabc-abca-0123456789ab`
         """
         validate_task_request(url=url, args=args)
-        endpoint = self.get_model_endpoint(endpoint_name)
         with ApiClient(self.configuration) as api_client:
             api_instance = DefaultApi(api_client)
             payload = dict_not_none(
@@ -1197,8 +1194,7 @@ def _async_request(
                 callback_url=callback_url,
             )
             request = EndpointPredictRequest(**payload)
-            model_endpoint_id = endpoint.model_endpoint.id  # type: ignore
-            query_params = frozendict({"model_endpoint_id": model_endpoint_id})
+            query_params = frozendict({"model_endpoint_id": endpoint_id})
             response = api_instance.create_async_inference_task_v1_async_tasks_post(  # type: ignore
                 body=request,
                 query_params=query_params,  # type: ignore
diff --git a/launch/model_endpoint.py b/launch/model_endpoint.py
index 6fe4a6a8..0ff1c375 100644
--- a/launch/model_endpoint.py
+++ b/launch/model_endpoint.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def predict(self, request: EndpointRequest) -> EndpointResponse:
             request: The ``EndpointRequest`` object that contains the payload.
         """
         raw_response = self.client._sync_request(  # pylint: disable=W0212
-            self.model_endpoint.name,
+            self.model_endpoint.id,
             url=request.url,
             args=request.args,
             return_pickled=request.return_pickled,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ def predict(self, request: EndpointRequest) -> EndpointResponseFuture:
                result = f.get()  # blocks on completion
         """
         response = self.client._async_request(  # pylint: disable=W0212
-            self.model_endpoint.name,
+            self.model_endpoint.id,
             url=request.url,
             args=request.args,
             callback_url=request.callback_url,