diff --git a/llama_stack/apis/memory/client.py b/llama_stack/apis/memory/client.py
index 1349df0a3..5cfed8518 100644
--- a/llama_stack/apis/memory/client.py
+++ b/llama_stack/apis/memory/client.py
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ async def run_main(host: str, port: int, stream: bool):
         overlap_size_in_tokens=64,
     )
     await banks_client.register_memory_bank(
-        bank.identifier, bank.memory_bank_type, provider_resource_id=bank.identifier
+        bank.identifier,
+        VectorMemoryBankParams(
+            embedding_model="all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
+            chunk_size_in_tokens=512,
+            overlap_size_in_tokens=64,
+        ),
+        provider_resource_id=bank.identifier,
     )
 
     retrieved_bank = await banks_client.get_memory_bank(bank.identifier)
diff --git a/llama_stack/apis/memory_banks/client.py b/llama_stack/apis/memory_banks/client.py
index 6a5bef325..8d137e43c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/apis/memory_banks/client.py
+++ b/llama_stack/apis/memory_banks/client.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class MemoryBanksClient(MemoryBanks):
     async def register_memory_bank(
         self,
         memory_bank_id: str,
-        memory_bank_type: MemoryBankType,
+        params: BankParams,
         provider_resource_id: Optional[str] = None,
         provider_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ class MemoryBanksClient(MemoryBanks):
                 f"{self.base_url}/memory_banks/register",
                 json={
                     "memory_bank_id": memory_bank_id,
-                    "memory_bank_type": memory_bank_type.value,
                     "provider_resource_id": provider_resource_id,
                     "provider_id": provider_id,
+                    "params": params.dict(),
                 },
                 headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
             )