diff --git a/src/controllers/MemoryController.ts b/src/controllers/MemoryController.ts
index 984675d..61f9c2f 100644
--- a/src/controllers/MemoryController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/MemoryController.ts
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ export class MemoryController {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (body.inheritMetadata) {
+        if (body.inheritMetadata ?? true) {
             const currentPage = await ctx.database!.getRepository(ConversationPage)
             .findOneBy({ conversationId: conversation.conversationId, pageId: conversation.currentPage });
             if (currentPage) {
diff --git a/src/controllers/schemas/MemoryControllerSchemas.ts b/src/controllers/schemas/MemoryControllerSchemas.ts
index 02962e1..dce6a86 100644
--- a/src/controllers/schemas/MemoryControllerSchemas.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/schemas/MemoryControllerSchemas.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export type UpdatePageMetadataItemReqType = z.infer<typeof UpdatePageMetadataIte
 
 export const CreateNewPageReq = z.object({
     metadata: z.record(z.any()).describe('The metadata for the new page.').nullable().optional(),
-    inheritMetadata: z.boolean().describe('Whether to inherit metadata from the current page.').default(false),
+    inheritMetadata: z.boolean().describe('Whether to inherit metadata from the current page.').default(true),
 }).describe('NewPageReq');
 export type CreateNewPageReqType = z.infer<typeof CreateNewPageReq>;