diff --git a/include/ttmlir/Dialect/TTIR/Transforms/Passes.td b/include/ttmlir/Dialect/TTIR/Transforms/Passes.td
index 913c5aea16..fa9d421709 100644
--- a/include/ttmlir/Dialect/TTIR/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/include/ttmlir/Dialect/TTIR/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def TTIRAttachMetalLayout: Pass<"ttir-attach-metal-layout", "::mlir::ModuleOp">
   let options = [
     Option<"initMemorySpace", "init-memory-space",
           "::mlir::tt::MemorySpace",
-          /*default=*/"::mlir::tt::MemorySpace::System",
+          /*default=*/"::mlir::tt::MemorySpace::DeviceL1",
            "Set the initial memory space for tensors to start in">
   ];
 }
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/TTMetal/Pipelines/TTMetalPipelines.cpp b/lib/Dialect/TTMetal/Pipelines/TTMetalPipelines.cpp
index 333fc3f0e0..6a327412c1 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/TTMetal/Pipelines/TTMetalPipelines.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/TTMetal/Pipelines/TTMetalPipelines.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void createTTIRToTTMetalBackendPipeline(
       options.meshShape.begin(), options.meshShape.end());
   pm.addPass(mlir::tt::ttir::createTTIRImplicitDevice(implicitDeviceOptions));
   pm.addPass(mlir::tt::ttir::createTTIRConstantAsFill());
+  pm.addPass(mlir::tt::ttir::createTTIRAttachMetalLayout());
   pm.addPass(mlir::tt::ttir::createTTIRGenericRegion());
   mlir::tt::ttir::TTIRLayoutOptions layoutOptions;
   layoutOptions.initMemorySpace = mlir::tt::MemorySpace::DeviceL1;