diff --git a/src/Typesense/Index.php b/src/Typesense/Index.php
index 9748e85..451b8f2 100644
--- a/src/Typesense/Index.php
+++ b/src/Typesense/Index.php
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ public function getOrCreateIndex()
         return $collection;
     }
 
+    public function getTypesenseSchemaFields(): Collection
+    {
+        return collect(Arr::get($this->getOrCreateIndex()->retrieve(), 'fields', []))
+            ->pluck('type', 'name');
+    }
+
     private function getDefaultFields(Searchable $entry): array
     {
         return [
diff --git a/src/Typesense/Query.php b/src/Typesense/Query.php
index fa02a4e..c2dfaa9 100644
--- a/src/Typesense/Query.php
+++ b/src/Typesense/Query.php
@@ -19,9 +19,91 @@ public function getSearchResults($query)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function whereStatus($string)
+    {
+        return $this->where('status', $string);
+    }
+
+    private function wheresToFilter(array $wheres): string
+    {
+        $filterBy = '';
+
+        $schemaFields = $this->index->getTypesenseSchemaFields();
+
+        foreach ($this->wheres as $where) {
+            if ($filterBy != '') {
+                $filterBy .= $where['boolean'] == 'and' ? ' && ' : ' || ';
+            }
+
+            if ($where['type'] == 'Nested') {
+                $filterBy .= ' ( '.$this->wheresToFilter($where->query['wheres']).' ) ';
+
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            // if its not in our typesense schema, we cant filter on it
+            if (! $schemaType = $schemaFields->get($where['column'])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $filterBy .= ' ( ';
+
+            switch ($where['type']) {
+                case 'JsonContains':
+                case 'JsonOverlaps':
+                case 'WhereIn':
+                    $filterBy .= $where['column'].':'.$this->transformArrayOfValuesForTypeSense($schemaType, $where['values']);
+                    break;
+
+                case 'JsonDoesnContain':
+                case 'JsonDoesntOverlap':
+                case 'WhereNotIn':
+                    $filterBy .= $where['column'].':!='.$this->transformArrayOfValuesForTypeSense($schemaType, $where['values']);
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    $filterBy .= $where['column'].':'.($where['operator'] != '=' ? $where['operator'] : '').$this->transformValueForTypeSense($schemaType, $where['value']);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            $filterBy .= ' ) ';
+
+        }
+
+        return $filterBy;
+    }
+
+    private function transformArrayOfValuesForTypeSense(string $schemaType, array $values): array
+    {
+        return json_encode(
+            collect($where['values'])
+                ->map(fn ($value) => $this->transformValueForTypeSense($schemaType, $values))
+                ->values()
+                ->all()
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function transformValueForTypeSense(string $schemaType, mixed $value): mixed
+    {
+        return match (str_replace('[]', '', $schemaType)) {
+            'int32', 'int64' => (int) $value,
+            'float' => (float) $value,
+            'bool' => $value ? 'true' : 'false',
+            default => '`'.$value.'`'
+        };
+    }
+
     private function getApiResults()
     {
-        return $this->index->searchUsingApi($this->query ?? '', ['per_page' => $this->perPage, 'page' => $this->page]);
+        $options = ['per_page' => $this->perPage, 'page' => $this->page];
+
+        $filterBy = $this->wheresToFilter($this->wheres);
+
+        if ($filterBy) {
+            $options['filter_by'] = $filterBy;
+        }
+
+        return $this->index->searchUsingApi($this->query ?? '', $options);
     }
 
     public function forPage($page, $perPage = null)