diff --git a/src/Billing/BillingSettings.cs b/src/Billing/BillingSettings.cs
index 9189fe6cd0..5609879eeb 100644
--- a/src/Billing/BillingSettings.cs
+++ b/src/Billing/BillingSettings.cs
@@ -40,5 +40,6 @@ public class BillingSettings
     {
         public virtual string ApiKey { get; set; }
         public virtual string BaseUrl { get; set; }
+        public virtual int PersonaId { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Billing/Controllers/FreshdeskController.cs b/src/Billing/Controllers/FreshdeskController.cs
index 3b7415121e..3f26e28786 100644
--- a/src/Billing/Controllers/FreshdeskController.cs
+++ b/src/Billing/Controllers/FreshdeskController.cs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class FreshdeskController : Controller
         }
 
         // create the onyx `answer-with-citation` request
-        var onyxRequestModel = new OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel(model.TicketDescriptionText);
+        var onyxRequestModel = new OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel(model.TicketDescriptionText, _billingSettings.Onyx.PersonaId);
         var onyxRequest = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post,
                             string.Format("{0}/query/answer-with-citation", _billingSettings.Onyx.BaseUrl))
         {
diff --git a/src/Billing/Models/OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel.cs b/src/Billing/Models/OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel.cs
index c21ea9fc19..65cb2a9fca 100644
--- a/src/Billing/Models/OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel.cs
+++ b/src/Billing/Models/OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel.cs
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ public class OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel
     [JsonPropertyName("retrieval_options")]
     public RetrievalOptions RetrievalOptions { get; set; }
 
-    public OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel(string message)
+    public OnyxAnswerWithCitationRequestModel(string message, int personaId = 1)
     {
         message = message.Replace(Environment.NewLine, " ").Replace('\r', ' ').Replace('\n', ' ');
         Messages = new List<Message>() { new Message() { MessageText = message } };
         RetrievalOptions = new RetrievalOptions();
+        PersonaId = personaId;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Billing/appsettings.Development.json b/src/Billing/appsettings.Development.json
index 32253a93c1..7c4889c22f 100644
--- a/src/Billing/appsettings.Development.json
+++ b/src/Billing/appsettings.Development.json
@@ -31,5 +31,10 @@
     "storage": {
       "connectionString": "UseDevelopmentStorage=true"
     }
+  },
+  "billingSettings": {
+    "onyx": {
+      "personaId": 68
+    }    
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Billing/appsettings.Production.json b/src/Billing/appsettings.Production.json
index 819986181f..4be5d51a52 100644
--- a/src/Billing/appsettings.Production.json
+++ b/src/Billing/appsettings.Production.json
@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@
     "payPal": {
       "production": true,
       "businessId": "4ZDA7DLUUJGMN"
-    }
+    },
+    "onyx": {
+      "personaId": 7
+    }    
   },
   "Logging": {
     "IncludeScopes": false,
diff --git a/src/Billing/appsettings.json b/src/Billing/appsettings.json
index 2a2864b246..aae25dde0b 100644
--- a/src/Billing/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/Billing/appsettings.json
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
     },
     "onyx": {
       "apiKey": "SECRET",
-      "baseUrl": "https://cloud.onyx.app/api"
+      "baseUrl": "https://cloud.onyx.app/api",
+      "personaId": 7
     }    
   }
 }