diff --git a/src/wandbot/configs/vector_store_config.py b/src/wandbot/configs/vector_store_config.py
index 7d7ea7b..b9f4660 100644
--- a/src/wandbot/configs/vector_store_config.py
+++ b/src/wandbot/configs/vector_store_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import pathlib
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
-
+from typing import Literal
 class VectorStoreConfig(BaseSettings):
     # Vector Store
     collection_name: str = "vectorstore"
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ class VectorStoreConfig(BaseSettings):
     embeddings_dimensions: int = 512  # needed when using OpenAI embeddings
     embeddings_query_input_type: str = "search_query"  # needed when using Cohere embeddings
     embeddings_document_input_type: str = "search_document"  # needed when using Cohere embeddings
+    embeddings_encoding_format: Literal["float", "base64"] = "float"
     # Ingestions
     batch_size: int = 256  # used during ingestion when adding docs to vectorstore
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diff --git a/src/wandbot/models/embedding.py b/src/wandbot/models/embedding.py
index cc53612..a63b3ab 100644
--- a/src/wandbot/models/embedding.py
+++ b/src/wandbot/models/embedding.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 from wandbot.configs.vector_store_config import VectorStoreConfig
 from wandbot.utils import get_logger
 
+import base64
+import numpy as np
+
 logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
 vector_store_config = VectorStoreConfig()
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ def __init__(self,
                     input_type:str = None,
                     dimensions:int = None,
                     n_parallel_api_calls:int = 50,
+                    encoding_format:str = "float",
                 ):
         self.provider = provider.lower()
         self.model_name = model_name
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ def __init__(self,
             raise ValueError("`dimensions` needs to be specified when using OpenAI embeddings models")
         
         self.n_parallel_api_calls = n_parallel_api_calls
-    
+        self.encoding_format = encoding_format
     @weave.op
     @retry(
         stop=stop_after_attempt(3),
@@ -83,10 +87,15 @@ async def get_single_openai_embedding(text):
                                 response = await client.embeddings.create(
                                     input=text,
                                     model=self.model_name,
-                                    encoding_format="float",
+                                    encoding_format=self.encoding_format,
                                     dimensions=self.dimensions
                                 )
-                                return response.data[0].embedding
+                                if self.encoding_format == "base64":
+                                    decoded_embeddings = base64.b64decode(response.data[0].embedding)
+                                    embeddings = np.frombuffer(decoded_embeddings, dtype=np.float32).tolist()
+                                    return embeddings
+                                else:
+                                    return response.data[0].embedding
 
                         return await asyncio.gather(*[get_single_openai_embedding(text) for text in inputs])
                     finally:
diff --git a/src/wandbot/retriever/base.py b/src/wandbot/retriever/base.py
index d2eb804..3f3d390 100644
--- a/src/wandbot/retriever/base.py
+++ b/src/wandbot/retriever/base.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def __init__(self, vector_store_config: VectorStoreConfig, chat_config: ChatConf
                 provider = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_provider,
                 model_name = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_model_name,
                 dimensions = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_dimensions,
-                input_type = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_query_input_type
+                input_type = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_query_input_type,
+                encoding_format = self.vector_store_config.embeddings_encoding_format
             )
         except Exception as e:
             raise RuntimeError(f"Failed to initialize embedding model:\n{str(e)}\n") from e