diff --git a/backend/modules/brain/dto/inputs.py b/backend/modules/brain/dto/inputs.py
index 7b11605cf..4c3ef08d9 100644
--- a/backend/modules/brain/dto/inputs.py
+++ b/backend/modules/brain/dto/inputs.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class CreateApiBrainDefinition(BaseModel, extra=Extra.forbid):
 class CreateBrainProperties(BaseModel, extra=Extra.forbid):
     name: Optional[str] = "Default brain"
     description: str = "This is a description"
-    status: Optional[str] = "public"
+    status: Optional[str] = "private"
     model: Optional[str]
     temperature: Optional[float] = 0.0
     max_tokens: Optional[int] = 256