diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/interface/initialize/loading.py b/src/backend/langflow/interface/initialize/loading.py
index 2d547c6d8..88b981f9d 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/interface/initialize/loading.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/interface/initialize/loading.py
@@ -159,6 +159,17 @@ def instantiate_vectorstore(class_object, params):
 
 
 def instantiate_documentloader(class_object, params):
+    if "file_filter" in params:
+        # file_filter will be a string but we need a function
+        # that will be used to filter the files using file_filter
+        # like lambda x: x.endswith(".txt") but as we don't know
+        # anything besides the string, we will simply check if the string is
+        # in x and if it is, we will return True
+        file_filter = params.pop("file_filter", None)
+        extensions = file_filter.split(",")
+        params["file_filter"] = lambda x: any(
+            extension.strip() in x for extension in extensions
+        )
     metadata = params.pop("metadata", None)
     docs = class_object(**params).load()
     if metadata:
@@ -172,6 +183,7 @@ def instantiate_documentloader(class_object, params):
 
         for doc in docs:
             doc.metadata = metadata
+
     return docs
 
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
index 0ed8f1389..f29aa2065 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/chains.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class ChainFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
             field.show = True
             field.advanced = False
         if field.name == "memory":
-            field.required = False
+            # field.required = False
             field.show = True
             field.advanced = False
         if field.name == "verbose":
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
index 8cfb9d229..b2729374c 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
@@ -55,7 +55,54 @@ class DocumentLoaderFrontNode(FrontendNode):
     def add_extra_fields(self) -> None:
         name = None
         display_name = "Web Page"
-        if self.template.type_name in self.file_path_templates:
+        if self.template.type_name in {"GitLoader"}:
+            # Add fields repo_path, clone_url, branch and file_filter
+            self.template.add_field(
+                TemplateField(
+                    field_type="str",
+                    required=True,
+                    show=True,
+                    name="repo_path",
+                    value="",
+                    display_name="Path to repository",
+                    advanced=False,
+                )
+            )
+            self.template.add_field(
+                TemplateField(
+                    field_type="str",
+                    required=False,
+                    show=True,
+                    name="clone_url",
+                    value="",
+                    display_name="Clone URL",
+                    advanced=False,
+                )
+            )
+            self.template.add_field(
+                TemplateField(
+                    field_type="str",
+                    required=True,
+                    show=True,
+                    name="branch",
+                    value="",
+                    display_name="Branch",
+                    advanced=False,
+                )
+            )
+            self.template.add_field(
+                TemplateField(
+                    field_type="str",
+                    required=False,
+                    show=True,
+                    name="file_filter",
+                    value="",
+                    display_name="File extensions (comma-separated)",
+                    advanced=False,
+                )
+            )
+
+        elif self.template.type_name in self.file_path_templates:
             self.template.add_field(self.file_path_templates[self.template.type_name])
         elif self.template.type_name in {
             "WebBaseLoader",
@@ -68,7 +115,10 @@ class DocumentLoaderFrontNode(FrontendNode):
             name = "web_path"
         elif self.template.type_name in {"GitbookLoader"}:
             name = "web_page"
-        elif self.template.type_name in {"DirectoryLoader", "ReadTheDocsLoader"}:
+        elif self.template.type_name in {
+            "DirectoryLoader",
+            "ReadTheDocsLoader",
+        }:
             name = "path"
             display_name = "Local directory"
         if name:
@@ -112,3 +162,4 @@ class DocumentLoaderFrontNode(FrontendNode):
         if field.name == "metadata":
             field.show = True
             field.advanced = False
+        field.show = True
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
index 2736dd22d..498a804a0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/parameterComponent/index.tsx
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default function ParameterComponent({
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const groupedObj = groupByFamily(myData, tooltipTitle);
-    
+
     refHtml.current = groupedObj.map((item, i) => (
       <span
         key={getRandomKeyByssmm()}
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ export default function ParameterComponent({
               ? item.type.split(", ").map((el, i) => (
                   <React.Fragment key={el + i}>
                     <span>
-                      {i === item.type.split(", ").length - 1 ? el : (el += `, `)}
+                      {i === item.type.split(", ").length - 1
+                        ? el
+                        : (el += `, `)}
                     </span>
                     {i % 2 === 0 && i > 0 && <br />}
                   </React.Fragment>
@@ -115,7 +117,6 @@ export default function ParameterComponent({
         </span>
       </span>
     ));
-    
   }, [tooltipTitle]);
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils.ts
index 34ef6f61a..b5af18658 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils.ts
@@ -810,9 +810,9 @@ export function getRandomName(
   return toTitleCase(final_name);
 }
 
-export function getRandomKeyByssmm(): string{
+export function getRandomKeyByssmm(): string {
   const now = new Date();
-  const seconds = String(now.getSeconds()).padStart(2, '0');
-  const milliseconds = String(now.getMilliseconds()).padStart(3, '0');
+  const seconds = String(now.getSeconds()).padStart(2, "0");
+  const milliseconds = String(now.getMilliseconds()).padStart(3, "0");
   return seconds + milliseconds;
 }