diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
index 3e03642b3..42f2715e6 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/io/ChatInput.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ChatInput(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         sender: Optional[str] = "User",
-        sender_name: Optional[str] = "You",
+        sender_name: Optional[str] = "User",
         message: Optional[str] = None,
         as_record: Optional[bool] = False,
         session_id: Optional[str] = None,
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
index a031f090f..ed0a096f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ class ChromaComponent(CustomComponent):
         """
         return {
             "collection_name": {"display_name": "Collection Name", "value": "langflow"},
-            "persist": {"display_name": "Persist"},
             "index_directory": {"display_name": "Persist Directory"},
             "code": {"advanced": True, "display_name": "Code"},
             "documents": {"display_name": "Documents", "is_list": True},
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ class ChromaComponent(CustomComponent):
     def build(
         self,
         collection_name: str,
-        persist: bool,
         embedding: Embeddings,
         chroma_server_ssl_enabled: bool,
         index_directory: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ class ChromaComponent(CustomComponent):
                 )
             chroma = Chroma.from_documents(
                 documents=documents,  # type: ignore
-                persist_directory=index_directory if persist else None,
+                persist_directory=index_directory,
                 collection_name=collection_name,
                 embedding=embedding,
                 client_settings=chroma_settings,