diff --git a/agent/src/index.ts b/agent/src/index.ts
index acd73e311d2..f9d444f5e61 100644
--- a/agent/src/index.ts
+++ b/agent/src/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import yargs from "yargs";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
 import { character } from "./character.ts";
-import { DirectClient } from "@ai16z/client-direct";
+import type { DirectClient } from "@ai16z/client-direct";
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url); // get the resolved path to the file
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename); // get the name of the directory
@@ -181,10 +181,9 @@ function initializeDatabase(dataDir: string) {
         });
         return db;
     } else {
-        const filePath = path.resolve(
-            dataDir,
-            process.env.SQLITE_FILE ?? "db.sqlite"
-        );
+        const filePath =
+            process.env.SQLITE_FILE ?? path.resolve(dataDir, "db.sqlite");
+        // ":memory:";
         const db = new SqliteDatabaseAdapter(new Database(filePath));
         return db;
     }