diff --git a/memgpt/main.py b/memgpt/main.py
index 15197ce1..ecbc0ed0 100644
--- a/memgpt/main.py
+++ b/memgpt/main.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ async def main(
         memgpt_persona = persona
         if memgpt_persona is None:
             memgpt_persona = (
-                personas.GPT35_DEFAULT if "gpt-3.5" in model else personas.DEFAULT_PRESET,
+                personas.GPT35_DEFAULT if "gpt-3.5" in model else personas.DEFAULT,
                 None,  # represents the personas dir in pymemgpt package
             )
         else:
diff --git a/tests/test_load_archival.py b/tests/test_load_archival.py
index ba89989d..787bbee9 100644
--- a/tests/test_load_archival.py
+++ b/tests/test_load_archival.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_load_database():
 
     # create agents with defaults
     agent_config = AgentConfig(
-        persona=personas.DEFAULT_PRESET,
+        persona=personas.DEFAULT,
         human=humans.DEFAULT,
         model=DEFAULT_MEMGPT_MODEL,
         data_source="tmp_hf_dataset",