diff --git a/hivemind_persona/__init__.py b/hivemind_persona/__init__.py
index 98fa997..55ed83e 100644
--- a/hivemind_persona/__init__.py
+++ b/hivemind_persona/__init__.py
@@ -1,30 +1,71 @@
+import dataclasses
 import json
 import os
+from typing import Dict, Any, List
 
 from hivemind_bus_client.message import HiveMessage, HiveMessageType
-from hivemind_core.protocol import HiveMindListenerProtocol
+from hivemind_core.protocol import AgentProtocol
+from ovos_bus_client import MessageBusClient
+from ovos_bus_client.message import Message
+from ovos_bus_client.session import SessionManager
 from ovos_persona import Persona
-from ovos_utils.messagebus import Message
+from ovos_utils.fakebus import FakeBus
+from ovos_utils.log import LOG
 
 
-class FakeCroftPersonaProtocol(HiveMindListenerProtocol):
-    """"""
-    persona = None
+@dataclasses.dataclass()
+class PersonaProtocol(AgentProtocol):
+    bus: MessageBusClient = dataclasses.field(default_factory=FakeBus)
+    config: Dict[str, Any] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=dict)
+    sessions: Dict[str, List[Dict[str, str]]] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=dict)
+    persona: Persona = None
 
-    @classmethod
-    def set_persona(cls, persona_json: str):
-        with open(persona_json) as f:
-            persona = json.load(f)
-        name = persona.get("name") or os.path.basename(persona_json)
-        cls.persona = Persona(name=name, config=persona)
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        if not self.persona:
+            persona_json = self.config.get("persona")
+            if not persona_json:
+                persona = {
+                    "name": "ChatGPT",
+                    "solvers": [
+                        "ovos-solver-openai-persona-plugin"
+                    ],
+                    "ovos-solver-openai-persona-plugin": {
+                        "api_url": "https://llama.smartgic.io/v1",
+                        "key": "sk-xxxx",
+                        "persona": "helpful, creative, clever, and very friendly."
+                    }
+                }
+                name = persona.get("name")
+            else:
+                with open(persona_json) as f:
+                    persona = json.load(f)
+                name = persona.get("name") or os.path.basename(persona_json)
+            self.persona = Persona(name=name, config=persona)
 
-    def handle_inject_mycroft_msg(self, message: Message, client):
+        LOG.debug("registering internal OVOS bus handlers")
+        self.bus.on("recognizer_loop:utterance", self.handle_utterance)  # catch all
+
+    def handle_utterance(self, message: Message):
         """
         message (Message): mycroft bus message object
         """
-        if message.msg_type == "recognizer_loop:utterance":
-            utt = message.data["utterances"][0]
-            answer = response = self.persona.complete(utt)
-            payload = HiveMessage(HiveMessageType.BUS,
-                                  message.reply("speak", {"utterance": answer}))
-            client.send(payload)
+        utt = message.data["utterances"][0]
+
+        sess = SessionManager.get(message)
+
+        # track msg history
+        if sess.session_id not in self.sessions:
+            self.sessions[sess.session_id] = []
+        self.sessions[sess.session_id].append({"role": "user", "content": utt})
+
+        answer = self.persona.chat(self.sessions[sess.session_id], lang=sess.lang).strip()
+        peer = message.context["source"]
+        client = self.clients[peer]
+
+        msg = HiveMessage(
+            HiveMessageType.BUS,
+            source_peer=self.hm_protocol.peer,
+            target_peers=[peer],
+            payload=message.reply("speak", {"utterance": answer}),
+        )
+        client.send(msg)
diff --git a/hivemind_persona/__main__.py b/hivemind_persona/__main__.py
index aea5547..c825dd5 100644
--- a/hivemind_persona/__main__.py
+++ b/hivemind_persona/__main__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 import argparse
 
-from hivemind_core.service import HiveMindService
-from ovos_utils.messagebus import FakeBus
+from hivemind_persona import PersonaProtocol
 
-from hivemind_persona import FakeCroftPersonaProtocol
+from hivemind_core.server import HiveMindWebsocketProtocol
+from hivemind_core.service import HiveMindService
 
 
 def run():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     parser.add_argument("--persona", help="path to persona .json file", required=True)
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    FakeCroftPersonaProtocol.set_persona(args.persona)
-    service = HiveMindService(protocol=FakeCroftPersonaProtocol,
-                              bus=FakeBus())
+
+    service = HiveMindService(agent_protocol=PersonaProtocol,
+                              agent_config={"persona": args.persona},
+                              network_protocol=HiveMindWebsocketProtocol)
     service.run()
 
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e2230b4..1399968 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-jarbas_hive_mind
-ovos-persona @ git+https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-persona
\ No newline at end of file
+hivemind-core>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+ovos-persona
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