diff --git a/guardrails/cli/create.py b/guardrails/cli/create.py
index 0048f44f2..4668236ba 100644
--- a/guardrails/cli/create.py
+++ b/guardrails/cli/create.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def generate_template_config(
     guard_instantiations = []
 
     for i, guard in enumerate(template["guards"]):
-        guard_instantiations.append(f"guard{i} = AsyncGuard.from_dict(guards[{i}])")
+        guard_instantiations.append(f"guard{i} = Guard.from_dict(guards[{i}])")
     guard_instantiations = "\n".join(guard_instantiations)
     # Interpolate variables
     output_content = template_content.format(
diff --git a/guardrails/cli/hub/template_config.py.template b/guardrails/cli/hub/template_config.py.template
index b61ffb2f2..5d5683bdf 100644
--- a/guardrails/cli/hub/template_config.py.template
+++ b/guardrails/cli/hub/template_config.py.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import os
-from guardrails import AsyncGuard, Guard
+from guardrails import Guard
 from guardrails.hub import {VALIDATOR_IMPORTS}
 
 try:
diff --git a/server_ci/config.py b/server_ci/config.py
index d5a093ca7..b84d637ea 100644
--- a/server_ci/config.py
+++ b/server_ci/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import os
-from guardrails import AsyncGuard
+from guardrails import Guard
 
 try:
     file_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "guard-template.json")
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
     SystemExit(1)
 
 # instantiate guards
-guard0 = AsyncGuard.from_dict(guards[0])
+guard0 = Guard.from_dict(guards[0])