diff --git a/scripts/memory/base.py b/scripts/memory/base.py
index a0b3f25f..c3fec628 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/base.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/base.py
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 cfg = Config()
+# Dimension of embeddings encoded by models
+EMBED_DIM = {
+    "ada": 1536,
+    "sbert": 768
+}.get(cfg.memory_embeder, default=1536)
+
 
 def get_embedding(text):
     text = text.replace("\n", " ")
diff --git a/scripts/memory/local.py b/scripts/memory/local.py
index 728723cb..e699a891 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/local.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/local.py
@@ -3,14 +3,9 @@ import orjson
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 import numpy as np
 import os
-from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding
-from config import Config 
+from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding, EMBED_DIM
 
-# TODO: get the embeddings dimension without importing config
-cfg = Config()
 
-# set the embedding dimension based on the embeder
-EMBED_DIM = 1536 if cfg.memory_embeder == "ada" else 768
 SAVE_OPTIONS = orjson.OPT_SERIALIZE_NUMPY | orjson.OPT_SERIALIZE_DATACLASS
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/memory/pinecone.py b/scripts/memory/pinecone.py
index e8a71316..1f95bb23 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/pinecone.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/pinecone.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 import pinecone
 
-from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding
+from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding, EMBED_DIM
 from logger import logger
 from colorama import Fore, Style
 
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ class PineconeMemory(MemoryProviderSingleton):
         pinecone_api_key = cfg.pinecone_api_key
         pinecone_region = cfg.pinecone_region
         pinecone.init(api_key=pinecone_api_key, environment=pinecone_region)
-        # set the embedding dimension based on the embeder
-        dimension = 1536 if cfg.memory_embeder == "ada" else 768
         metric = "cosine"
         pod_type = "p1"
         table_name = "auto-gpt"
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ class PineconeMemory(MemoryProviderSingleton):
             exit(1)
 
         if table_name not in pinecone.list_indexes():
-            pinecone.create_index(table_name, dimension=dimension, metric=metric, pod_type=pod_type)
+            pinecone.create_index(table_name, dimension=EMBED_DIM, metric=metric, pod_type=pod_type)
         self.index = pinecone.Index(table_name)
 
     def add(self, data):
diff --git a/scripts/memory/redismem.py b/scripts/memory/redismem.py
index 3da52827..43e8a33b 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/redismem.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/redismem.py
@@ -6,16 +6,9 @@ from redis.commands.search.query import Query
 from redis.commands.search.indexDefinition import IndexDefinition, IndexType
 import numpy as np
 
-from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding
+from memory.base import MemoryProviderSingleton, get_embedding, EMBED_DIM
 from logger import logger
 from colorama import Fore, Style
-from config import Config 
-
-# TODO: get the embeddings dimension without importing config
-cfg = Config()
-
-# set the embedding dimension based on the embeder
-EMBED_DIM = 1536 if cfg.memory_embeder == "ada" else 768
 
 SCHEMA = [
     TextField("data"),