diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorsearch/ChromaSearch.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorsearch/ChromaSearch.py
index 228e100e4..3d4687522 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorsearch/ChromaSearch.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorsearch/ChromaSearch.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 import chromadb
 from chromadb.config import Settings
 from langchain_chroma import Chroma
-
 from langflow.components.vectorstores.base.model import LCVectorStoreComponent
 from langflow.field_typing import Embeddings, Text
 from langflow.schema import Record
@@ -104,10 +103,11 @@ class ChromaSearchComponent(LCVectorStoreComponent):
             client = chromadb.HttpClient(settings=chroma_settings)
         if index_directory:
             index_directory = self.resolve_path(index_directory)
+
         vector_store = Chroma(
             embedding_function=embedding,
             collection_name=collection_name,
-            persist_directory=index_directory,
+            persist_directory=index_directory or None,
             client=client,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
index 6001b119c..f7080d2fc 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/vectorstores/Chroma.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from langchain_chroma import Chroma
 from langchain_core.embeddings import Embeddings
 from langchain_core.retrievers import BaseRetriever
 from langchain_core.vectorstores import VectorStore
-
 from langflow.base.vectorstores.utils import chroma_collection_to_records
 from langflow.custom import CustomComponent
 from langflow.schema import Record
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ class ChromaComponent(CustomComponent):
             index_directory = self.resolve_path(index_directory)
 
         chroma = Chroma(
-            persist_directory=index_directory,
+            persist_directory=index_directory or None,
             client=client,
             embedding_function=embedding,
             collection_name=collection_name,
diff --git a/tests/test_endpoints.py b/tests/test_endpoints.py
index d7c8a4ef2..1f1dcd5df 100644
--- a/tests/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_endpoints.py
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ def test_successful_run_with_input_type_chat(client, starter_project, created_ap
     chat_input_outputs = [output for output in outputs_dict.get("outputs") if "ChatInput" in output.get("component_id")]
     assert len(chat_input_outputs) == 1
     # Now we check if the input_value is correct
-    assert all([output.get("results").get("result") == "value1" for output in chat_input_outputs]), chat_input_outputs
+    assert all([output.get("results").get("text") == "value1" for output in chat_input_outputs]), chat_input_outputs
 
 
 def test_successful_run_with_input_type_any(client, starter_project, created_api_key):
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def test_successful_run_with_input_type_any(client, starter_project, created_api
     ]
     assert len(any_input_outputs) == 1
     # Now we check if the input_value is correct
-    assert all([output.get("results").get("result") == "value1" for output in any_input_outputs]), any_input_outputs
+    assert all([output.get("results").get("text") == "value1" for output in any_input_outputs]), any_input_outputs
 
 
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