diff --git a/swarms/workers/worker.py b/swarms/workers/worker.py
index a0852127..4592ab17 100644
--- a/swarms/workers/worker.py
+++ b/swarms/workers/worker.py
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ class Worker:
         """
         Set up memory for the worker.
         """
+        openai_api_key = OPENAI_API_KEY
         try:
-            embeddings_model = OpenAIEmbeddings(openai_api_key=self.openai_api_key)
+            embeddings_model = OpenAIEmbeddings(openai_api_key=openai_api_key)
             embedding_size = 1536
             index = faiss.IndexFlatL2(embedding_size)