diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8982cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include src/agentCores/data/agent_matrix.db
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ba2de7..8e9df19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ example usage:
 agent_config = {
     "agentCore": {
         "agent_id": "custom_assistant",
-        "models": {"large_language_model": "gpt-4"},
+        "models": {"large_language_model": "phi3"},
         "prompts": {"user_input_prompt": "You are a helpful assistant."}
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/agentCores/agentCore1.png b/agentCore1.png
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rename from src/agentCores/agentCore1.png
rename to agentCore1.png
diff --git a/src/agentCores/agentCores.py b/src/agentCores/agentCores.py
index ef93bcc..af0e9d7 100644
--- a/src/agentCores/agentCores.py
+++ b/src/agentCores/agentCores.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
 import copy
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional, Dict, Any
+from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from .agentMatrix import agentMatrix
 
 class agentCores:
@@ -100,11 +101,16 @@ class agentCores:
     }
     
     def __init__(self, 
-                 db_path: str = "agent_matrix.db",
+                 db_path: str = None,
                  db_config: Optional[Dict] = None,
                  template: Optional[Dict] = None):
         """Initialize AgentCore with optional custom configuration."""
         self.current_date = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+        
+        # Use package data path if no custom path provided
+        if db_path is None:
+            db_path = resource_filename('agentCores', 'data/agent_matrix.db')
+            
         self.agent_library = agentMatrix(db_path)
         
         # Initialize template with any custom configuration
diff --git a/src/agentCores/agent_matrix.db b/src/agentCores/data/agent_matrix.db
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rename from src/agentCores/agent_matrix.db
rename to src/agentCores/data/agent_matrix.db
index f86c01b..f910431 100644
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