diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/__init__.py
index fdacd2b3a..3b98ae246 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import List
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, TrainerCallback
 
 from axolotl.integrations.base import BasePlugin
-from axolotl.utils.callbacks.differential import (
+from axolotl.utils.callbacks.diff_attn import (
     DifferentialAttentionMixingCallback,
     DifferentialAttentionMonitorCallback,
 )
diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/diff_attn.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/diff_attn.py
index 3744b0df5..b83aa3abf 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/diff_attn.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/diff_transformer/diff_attn.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class LlamaDifferentialAttentionBase(nn.Module):
         - Initial lambda value based on layer index.
         - Rotary position embedding layer.
         """
-        self.diff_attn_mix = 0.0  # Default to full mixing
+        self.diff_attn_mix = 1.0  # Default to full mixing
 
         self.lambda_init = nn.Parameter(
             torch.full((), lambda_init_fn(self.layer_idx)),
@@ -383,7 +383,9 @@ class LlamaDifferentialAttentionBase(nn.Module):
             Processed attention output of shape (batch_size, seq_len, hidden_size)
         """
         attn = self.subln(attn)
-        attn = attn * self.diff_attn_mix * (1 - self.lambda_init)
+        # NOTE: this may need to be added back in, but doesn't interact well with
+        # `diff_attn_mix`.
+        # attn = attn * self.diff_attn_mix * (1 - self.lambda_init)
         attn = attn.transpose(1, 2).reshape(bsz, q_len, self.config.hidden_size)
 
         return self.o_proj(attn)
diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/differential.py b/src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/diff_attn.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/differential.py
rename to src/axolotl/utils/callbacks/diff_attn.py