diff --git a/unstructured/ingest/connector/chroma.py b/unstructured/ingest/connector/chroma.py
index 740246df13..dfcf081b5f 100644
--- a/unstructured/ingest/connector/chroma.py
+++ b/unstructured/ingest/connector/chroma.py
@@ -1,18 +1,79 @@
+import json
 import chromadb 
-chroma_client = chromadb.Client()
 
-collection = chroma_client.create_collection(name="my_collection")
+from chromadb.errors import InvalidDimensionException
 
+import flatdict
+
+from unstructured.staging.base import flatten_dict
+
+
+
+# try:
+#     docsearch = chromadb.from_documents(documents=..., embedding=...)
+# except InvalidDimensionException:
+#     chromadb().delete_collection()
+#     docsearch = chromadb.from_documents(documents=..., embedding=...)
+
+def flatten_values(value, seperator="\n", no_value_str=""):
+    """Flattens list or dict objects. Joins each value or item with
+    the seperator character. Keys are not included in the joined string.
+    When a dict value or a list item is None, no_value_str is used to
+    represent that value / item."""
+    if value is None:
+        return no_value_str
+
+    if isinstance(value, list):
+        flattened_values = [flatten_values(item, seperator) for item in value]
+        return seperator.join(flattened_values)
+
+    elif isinstance(value, dict):
+        flattened_values = [flatten_values(item, seperator) for item in value.values()]
+        return seperator.join(flattened_values)
+
+    else:
+        return str(value)
+
+
+e="/Users/davidpotter/Documents/Unstructured/sessions/unstructured/test_unstructured_ingest/workdir/s3-pinecone-dest/embedded/42d06000044204b602333f8d3a0f592d.json"
+with open(e, "r") as read_content: 
+    ed=(json.load(read_content))
+
+
+breakpoint()
+chroma_client = chromadb.PersistentClient(path="/Users/davidpotter/Documents/Unstructured/sessions/unstructured/test_unstructured_ingest/chromadb/")
+
+collection = chroma_client.get_or_create_collection(name="my_collection")
+
+# collection.add(
+#     documents=["This is a document", "This is another document"],
+#     metadatas=[{"source": "my_source"}, {"source": "my_source"}],
+#     ids=["id1", "id2"]
+# )
+# print([x.get("embeddings") for x in ed])
+# This worked??
+md={"data_source":{"url":"example-docs/book-war-and-peace-1p.txt","date_created":"2023-10-2510:05:44.916316","date_modified":"2023-10-2510:05:44.916316"}}
+print(flatdict.FlatterDict(md,delimiter="."))
+breakpoint()
+metadatas=[md for x in ed],
+print(metadatas)
 collection.add(
-    documents=["This is a document", "This is another document"],
-    metadatas=[{"source": "my_source"}, {"source": "my_source"}],
-    ids=["id1", "id2"]
+    documents=[x.get("text") for x in ed],
+    embeddings=[x.get("embeddings") for x in ed],
+    # metadatas=[x.get("metadata") for x in ed],
+    metadatas=[dict(flatdict.FlatterDict(x.get("metadata"),delimiter=".")) for x in ed],
+    ids=[x.get("element_id") for x in ed]
 )
+# breakpoint()
 
+# print(collection.get(include=["embeddings", "documents", "metadatas"]))
 
-results = collection.query(
-    query_texts=["This is a query document"],
-    n_results=2
-)
+# results = collection.query(
+#     query_texts=["who knows everything?"],
+#     n_results=1
+# )
+
+# print(results)
+print(collection.count())
 
-print(results)
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+chroma_client.delete_collection(name="my_collection")
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