diff --git a/src/crewai/agents/executor.py b/src/crewai/agents/executor.py
index bbf5d789c..f2c4c02a1 100644
--- a/src/crewai/agents/executor.py
+++ b/src/crewai/agents/executor.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class CrewAgentExecutor(AgentExecutor):
 
     def _create_short_term_memory(self, output) -> None:
         if (
-            self.crew_agent.memory
+            self.crew
+            and self.crew_agent.memory
             and "Action: Delegate work to co-worker" not in output.log
         ):
             memory = ShortTermMemoryItem(
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class CrewAgentExecutor(AgentExecutor):
             self.crew._short_term_memory.save(memory)
 
     def _create_long_term_memory(self, output) -> None:
-        if self.crew_agent.memory:
+        if self.crew and self.crew_agent.memory:
             ltm_agent = TaskEvaluator(self.crew_agent)
             evaluation = ltm_agent.evaluate(self.task, output.log)
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/crew.py b/src/crewai/crew.py
index 6492a2204..75ff1d608 100644
--- a/src/crewai/crew.py
+++ b/src/crewai/crew.py
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 import json
-import subprocess
-import sys
 import uuid
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Union
 
 from langchain_core.callbacks import BaseCallbackHandler
@@ -158,10 +155,6 @@ class Crew(BaseModel):
     def create_crew_memory(self) -> "Crew":
         """Set private attributes."""
         if self.memory:
-            storage_dir = Path(".db")
-            storage_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-            if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
-                subprocess.call(["attrib", "+H", str(storage_dir)])
             self._long_term_memory = LongTermMemory()
             self._short_term_memory = ShortTermMemory(embedder_config=self.embedder)
             self._entity_memory = EntityMemory(embedder_config=self.embedder)