diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
index 19ea2e0df..0ed8f1389 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ChainFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
             self.template.add_field(
                 TemplateField(
                     field_type="BaseChatMemory",
-                    required=False,
+                    required=True,
                     show=True,
                     name="memory",
                     advanced=False,
@@ -31,6 +31,19 @@ class ChainFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
                     display_name="Return source documents",
                 )
             )
+            self.template.add_field(
+                TemplateField(
+                    field_type="str",
+                    required=True,
+                    is_list=True,
+                    show=True,
+                    multiline=False,
+                    options=QA_CHAIN_TYPES,
+                    value=QA_CHAIN_TYPES[0],
+                    name="chain_type",
+                    advanced=False,
+                )
+            )
 
     @staticmethod
     def format_field(field: TemplateField, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None: