diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/vectorstores.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/vectorstores.py
index d04936a8b..0d6fb2467 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/vectorstores.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/vectorstores.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from langflow.template.frontend_node.base import FrontendNode
 
 class VectorStoreFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
     def add_extra_fields(self) -> None:
+        extra_field = None
         if self.template.type_name == "Weaviate":
             extra_field = TemplateField(
                 name="weaviate_url",
@@ -18,6 +19,18 @@ class VectorStoreFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
                 value="http://localhost:8080",
             )
 
+        elif self.template.type_name == "Chroma":
+            # New bool field for persist parameter
+            extra_field = TemplateField(
+                name="persist",
+                field_type="bool",
+                required=False,
+                show=True,
+                advanced=False,
+                value=True,
+                display_name="Persist",
+            )
+        if extra_field is not None:
             self.template.add_field(extra_field)
 
     def add_extra_base_classes(self) -> None:
@@ -27,7 +40,14 @@ class VectorStoreFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
     def format_field(field: TemplateField, name: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
         FrontendNode.format_field(field, name)
         # Define common field attributes
-        basic_fields = ["work_dir", "collection_name", "api_key", "location"]
+        basic_fields = [
+            "work_dir",
+            "collection_name",
+            "api_key",
+            "location",
+            "persist_directory",
+            "persist",
+        ]
         advanced_fields = [
             "n_dim",
             "key",
@@ -78,5 +98,3 @@ class VectorStoreFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
             field.advanced = True
             if "key" in field.name:
                 field.password = False
-        # TODO: Weaviate requires weaviate_url to be passed as it is not part of
-        # the class or from_texts method. We need the add_extra_fields to fix this