diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
index 59909d5d9..42ed0f601 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/documentloaders.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from langflow.template.field.base import TemplateField
 from langflow.template.frontend_node.base import FrontendNode
 
 
-def build_template(
+def build_file_field(
     suffixes: list, fileTypes: list, name: str = "file_path"
 ) -> TemplateField:
     """Build a template field for a document loader."""
@@ -19,32 +19,34 @@ def build_template(
 
 class DocumentLoaderFrontNode(FrontendNode):
     file_path_templates = {
-        "AirbyteJSONLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
-        "CoNLLULoader": build_template(suffixes=[".csv"], fileTypes=["csv"]),
-        "CSVLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".csv"], fileTypes=["csv"]),
-        "UnstructuredEmailLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".eml"], fileTypes=["eml"]),
-        "EverNoteLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".xml"], fileTypes=["xml"]),
-        "FacebookChatLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
-        "GutenbergLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".txt"], fileTypes=["txt"]),
-        "BSHTMLLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".html"], fileTypes=["html"]),
-        "UnstructuredHTMLLoader": build_template(
+        "AirbyteJSONLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
+        "CoNLLULoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".csv"], fileTypes=["csv"]),
+        "CSVLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".csv"], fileTypes=["csv"]),
+        "UnstructuredEmailLoader": build_file_field(
+            suffixes=[".eml"], fileTypes=["eml"]
+        ),
+        "EverNoteLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".xml"], fileTypes=["xml"]),
+        "FacebookChatLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
+        "GutenbergLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".txt"], fileTypes=["txt"]),
+        "BSHTMLLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".html"], fileTypes=["html"]),
+        "UnstructuredHTMLLoader": build_file_field(
             suffixes=[".html"], fileTypes=["html"]
         ),
-        "UnstructuredImageLoader": build_template(
+        "UnstructuredImageLoader": build_file_field(
             suffixes=[".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".gif", ".bmp"],
             fileTypes=["jpg", "jpeg", "png", "gif", "bmp"],
         ),
-        "UnstructuredMarkdownLoader": build_template(
+        "UnstructuredMarkdownLoader": build_file_field(
             suffixes=[".md"], fileTypes=["md"]
         ),
-        "PyPDFLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".pdf"], fileTypes=["pdf"]),
-        "UnstructuredPowerPointLoader": build_template(
+        "PyPDFLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".pdf"], fileTypes=["pdf"]),
+        "UnstructuredPowerPointLoader": build_file_field(
             suffixes=[".pptx", ".ppt"], fileTypes=["pptx", "ppt"]
         ),
-        "SRTLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".srt"], fileTypes=["srt"]),
-        "TelegramChatLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
-        "TextLoader": build_template(suffixes=[".txt"], fileTypes=["txt"]),
-        "UnstructuredWordDocumentLoader": build_template(
+        "SRTLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".srt"], fileTypes=["srt"]),
+        "TelegramChatLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".json"], fileTypes=["json"]),
+        "TextLoader": build_file_field(suffixes=[".txt"], fileTypes=["txt"]),
+        "UnstructuredWordDocumentLoader": build_file_field(
             suffixes=[".docx", ".doc"], fileTypes=["docx", "doc"]
         ),
     }
@@ -90,3 +92,22 @@ class DocumentLoaderFrontNode(FrontendNode):
                         display_name="glob",
                     )
                 )
+            # add a metadata field of type dict
+        self.template.add_field(
+            TemplateField(
+                field_type="code",
+                required=True,
+                show=True,
+                name="metadata",
+                value="{}",
+                display_name="Metadata",
+                multiline=False,
+            )
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def format_field(field: TemplateField, name: str | None = None) -> None:
+        FrontendNode.format_field(field, name)
+        if field.name == "metadata":
+            field.show = True
+            field.advanced = False