diff --git a/ballerina/tests/test.bal b/ballerina/tests/test.bal
index 1051dbf..989ecc1 100644
--- a/ballerina/tests/test.bal
+++ b/ballerina/tests/test.bal
@@ -16,17 +16,36 @@
 
 import ballerina/ai;
 import ballerina/test;
+import ballerina/time;
 import ballerina/uuid;
+import ballerina/http;
 
 final VectorStore mockVectorStore = check new (
-    serviceUrl = "http://localhost:8080/v1",
+    serviceUrl = "http://localhost:8080",
     config = {
-        collectionName: "Chunk"
+        collectionName: "Test"
     },
     apiKey = "mock-token"
 );
 
+@test:BeforeSuite
+function beforeSuite() returns error? {
+    http:Client httpClient = check new ("http://localhost:8080");
+    http:Response _ = check httpClient->post(path = "/v1/schema", headers =  {
+            "Content-Type": "application/json"
+        }, message = {
+            "class": "Test",
+            "properties": [
+                { "name": "content", "dataType": ["text"] },
+                { "name": "type", "dataType": ["string"] },
+                { "name": "createdAt", "dataType": ["date"] }
+            ]
+        });
+}
+
+
 string id = uuid:createRandomUuid();
+time:Utc createdAt = time:utcNow();
 
 @test:Config {}
 function testAddingValuesToVectorStore() returns error? {
@@ -35,8 +54,11 @@ function testAddingValuesToVectorStore() returns error? {
             id,
             embedding: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
             chunk: {
-                'type: "text", 
-                content: "This is a test chunk"
+                'type: "text",
+                content: "This is a test chunk",
+                metadata: {
+                    createdAt
+                }
             }
         }
     ];
@@ -58,7 +80,7 @@ function testDeleteMultipleValuesFromVectorStore() returns error? {
             id: index,
             embedding: [1.0, 2.0, 3.0],
             chunk: {
-                'type: "text", 
+                'type: "text",
                 content: "This is a test chunk"
             }
         }
@@ -68,21 +90,24 @@ function testDeleteMultipleValuesFromVectorStore() returns error? {
     test:assertTrue(result !is error);
 }
 
-@test:Config {}
+@test:Config {
+    dependsOn: [testAddingValuesToVectorStore]
+}
 function testQueryValuesFromVectorStore() returns error? {
     ai:VectorStoreQuery query = {
         filters: {
             filters: [
                 {
+                    'key: "createdAt",
                     operator: ai:EQUAL,
-                    'key: "content",
-                    value: "This is a test chunk"
+                    value: createdAt
                 }
             ]
         }
     };
-    ai:VectorMatch[]|ai:Error result = mockVectorStore.query(query);
-    test:assertTrue(result !is error);
+    ai:VectorMatch[] result = check mockVectorStore.query(query);
+    test:assertTrue(result.length() > 0);
+    test:assertEquals(result[0].chunk.metadata?.createdAt, createdAt);
 }
 
 @test:Config {}
diff --git a/ballerina/utils.bal b/ballerina/utils.bal
index dd3f2c9..a8cbf9c 100644
--- a/ballerina/utils.bal
+++ b/ballerina/utils.bal
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
 // under the License.
 
 import ballerina/ai;
+import ballerina/time;
 
 # Converts metadata filters to Weaviate compatible filter format
 #
 # + filters - The metadata filters containing filter conditions and logical operators
+# + metadataFields - The fields of the metadata to be filtered
 # + return - A map representing the converted filter structure or an error if conversion fails
-isolated function convertWeaviateFilters(ai:MetadataFilters filters) returns map<anydata>|ai:Error {
+isolated function convertWeaviateFilters(ai:MetadataFilters filters, string[] metadataFields) returns map<anydata>|ai:Error {
     (ai:MetadataFilters|ai:MetadataFilter)[]? rawFilters = filters.filters;
     if rawFilters == () || rawFilters.length() == 0 {
         return {};
@@ -28,15 +30,21 @@ isolated function convertWeaviateFilters(ai:MetadataFilters filters) returns map
     map<anydata>[] filterList = [];
     foreach (ai:MetadataFilters|ai:MetadataFilter) filter in rawFilters {
         if filter is ai:MetadataFilter {
+            metadataFields.push(filter.key);
             map<anydata> filterMap = {};
             string weaviateOp = check mapWeaviateOperator(filter.operator);
             filterMap["path"] = [filter.key];
             filterMap["operator"] = weaviateOp;
-            filterMap["valueText"] = filter.value;
+            json value = filter.value;
+            if value is time:Utc {
+                filterMap["valueDate"] = string `"${time:utcToString(value)}"`;
+            } else {
+                filterMap["valueText"] = value;
+            }
             filterList.push(filterMap);
             continue;
         }
-        map<anydata> nestedFilter = check convertWeaviateFilters(filter);
+        map<anydata> nestedFilter = check convertWeaviateFilters(filter, metadataFields);
         if nestedFilter.length() > 0 {
             filterList.push(nestedFilter);
         }
@@ -138,7 +146,7 @@ isolated function mapToGraphQLObjectString(map<anydata> filter) returns string {
             }
             result += "[" + resultArr + "]";
         } else if value is string {
-            result += 'key == "operator" ? value : string `"${value}"`;
+            result += 'key == "operator" ? value : string `${value}`;
         } else {
             result += value.toString();
         }
diff --git a/ballerina/vector_store.bal b/ballerina/vector_store.bal
index a93fade..339badc 100644
--- a/ballerina/vector_store.bal
+++ b/ballerina/vector_store.bal
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import ballerina/ai;
 import ballerina/http;
 import ballerinax/weaviate;
+import ballerina/time;
 
 # Weaviate Vector Store implementation with support for Dense, Sparse, and Hybrid vector search modes.
 #
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public isolated class VectorStore {
             token: apiKey
         };
         do {
-            self.weaviateClient = check new (check httpConfig.cloneWithType(), serviceUrl);
+            self.weaviateClient = check new (check httpConfig.cloneWithType(), string `${serviceUrl}/v1` );
         } on fail error err {
             return error("Failed to initialize weaviate vector store", err);
         }
@@ -70,11 +71,21 @@ public isolated class VectorStore {
             weaviate:Object[] objects = [];
             foreach ai:VectorEntry entry in entries.cloneReadOnly() {
                 ai:Embedding embedding = entry.embedding;
-                weaviate:PropertySchema properties = entry.chunk.metadata !is () ? 
-                    check entry.chunk.metadata.cloneWithType() : {};
+                weaviate:PropertySchema properties = {};
                 properties[self.chunkFieldName] = entry.chunk.content;
                 properties["type"] = entry.chunk.'type;
-
+                ai:Metadata? metadata = entry.chunk.metadata;
+                if metadata !is () {
+                    foreach string item in metadata.keys() {
+                        anydata metadataValue = metadata.get(item);
+                        if metadataValue is time:Utc {
+                            string utcToString = time:utcToString(metadataValue);
+                            properties[item] = utcToString;
+                        } else {
+                            properties[item] = metadataValue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
                 if embedding is ai:Vector {
                     objects.push({
                         'class: self.config.collectionName,
@@ -129,13 +140,18 @@ public isolated class VectorStore {
                 return error("Invalid value for topK. The value cannot be 0 or less than -1.");
             }
             string filterSection = "";
+            string[] metadataFields = [];
             if query.hasKey("filters") && query.filters is ai:MetadataFilters {
                 ai:MetadataFilters? filters = query.cloneReadOnly().filters;
                 if filters !is () {
-                    map<anydata> weaviateFilter = check convertWeaviateFilters(filters);
+                    map<anydata> weaviateFilter = check convertWeaviateFilters(filters, metadataFields);
                     filterSection = "where: " + mapToGraphQLObjectString(weaviateFilter);
                 }
             }
+            string metadataFieldsString = "";
+            foreach string fieldName in metadataFields {
+                metadataFieldsString += fieldName + "\n                        ";
+            }
             string gqlQuery = string `{
                 Get {
                     ${self.config.collectionName}(
@@ -148,6 +164,7 @@ public isolated class VectorStore {
                         }
                     ) {
                         content
+                        ${metadataFieldsString}
                         _additional {
                             certainty
                             id
@@ -175,13 +192,19 @@ public isolated class VectorStore {
             QueryResult[] value = check data.cloneWithType();
             ai:VectorMatch[] matches = [];
             foreach weaviate:JsonObject element in value {
+                ai:Metadata metadata = {};
+                foreach string fieldName in metadataFields {
+                    time:Utc|error metadataValue = time:utcFromString(element.get(fieldName).toString());
+                    metadata[fieldName] = metadataValue is error ? element.get(fieldName).toString() : metadataValue;
+                }
+                ai:TextChunk chunk = {
+                    content: element.content.toString(),
+                    metadata: check metadata.cloneWithType()
+                };
                 matches.push({
                     id: element._additional.id,
                     embedding: element._additional.vector,
-                    chunk: {
-                        'type: element.'type is () ? "" : check element.'type.cloneWithType(),
-                        content: element.content
-                    },
+                    chunk,
                     similarityScore: element._additional.certainty !is () ? 
                         check element._additional.certainty.cloneWithType() : 0.0
                 });
diff --git a/resources/server/compose.yml b/resources/server/compose.yml
index 815eab3..02614db 100644
--- a/resources/server/compose.yml
+++ b/resources/server/compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
     restart: on-failure:0
     environment:
       QUERY_DEFAULTS_LIMIT: 25
-      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: 'false'
+      AUTHENTICATION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_ENABLED: 'true'
       AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_ENABLED: 'true'
       AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_ALLOWED_KEYS: 'mock-token'
       AUTHENTICATION_APIKEY_USERS: 'test-user'