diff --git a/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/text_belief_extractor_agent.py b/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/text_belief_extractor_agent.py
index 37af8b4..800d5e4 100644
--- a/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/text_belief_extractor_agent.py
+++ b/src/control_backend/agents/bdi/text_belief_extractor_agent.py
@@ -100,13 +100,12 @@ class TextBeliefExtractorAgent(BaseAgent):
 
         :param text: User's transcribed text.
         """
-        belief = {"beliefs": {"user_said": [text]}, "type": "belief_extraction_text"}
-        payload = json.dumps(belief)
-
         belief_msg = InternalMessage(
-            to=settings.agent_settings.bdi_belief_collector_name,
+            to=settings.agent_settings.bdi_core_name,
             sender=self.name,
-            body=payload,
+            body=BeliefMessage(
+                replace=[InternalBelief(name="user_said", arguments=[text])],
+            ).model_dump_json(),
             thread="beliefs",
         )
         await self.send(belief_msg)