diff --git a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/generative-agent-object.ts b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/generative-agent-object.ts
index a3841cc45..47c92dc14 100644
--- a/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/generative-agent-object.ts
+++ b/packages/usdk/packages/upstreet-agent/packages/react-agents/classes/generative-agent-object.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ export class GenerativeAgentObject {
           text,
         actOpts,
         debugOpts,
+        mode: 'basic' // hardcode basic for now. TODO: Make this an argument
       });
       await executeAgentActionStep(this, step);
     });