diff --git a/autogpt/config/config.py b/autogpt/config/config.py
index 7fa849e5577b..600c31041b3d 100644
--- a/autogpt/config/config.py
+++ b/autogpt/config/config.py
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ def set_temperature(self, value: int) -> None:
         """Set the temperature value."""
         self.temperature = value
 
-    def set_memory_backend(self, value: int) -> None:
-        """Set the temperature value."""
-        self.memory_backend = value
+    def set_memory_backend(self, name: str) -> None:
+        """Set the memory backend name."""
+        self.memory_backend = name
 
 
 def check_openai_api_key() -> None: