diff --git a/lantern_extras/src/bloom.rs b/lantern_extras/src/bloom.rs
index cd753a19..1c15a22a 100644
--- a/lantern_extras/src/bloom.rs
+++ b/lantern_extras/src/bloom.rs
@@ -68,10 +68,9 @@ fn array_to_bloom_bigint(arr: Vec<i64>) -> Bloom {
     return array_to_bloom(arr);
 }
 
-#[pg_extern(requires = [Bloom])]
-fn elem_in_bloom(elem: i32, bloom: Bloom) -> bool {
-    let bloom: BloomFilter = bloom.into();
-    bloom.contains(&elem)
+#[pg_extern(immutable, parallel_safe, name = "array_to_bloom")]
+fn array_to_bloom_text(arr: Vec<String>) -> Bloom {
+    return array_to_bloom(arr);
 }
 
 extension_sql!(
@@ -79,6 +78,7 @@ extension_sql!(
     CREATE CAST (smallint[] AS bloom) WITH FUNCTION array_to_bloom(smallint[]);
     CREATE CAST (integer[] AS bloom) WITH FUNCTION array_to_bloom(integer[]);
     CREATE CAST (bigint[] AS bloom) WITH FUNCTION array_to_bloom(bigint[]);
+    CREATE CAST (text[] AS bloom) WITH FUNCTION array_to_bloom(text[]);
 "#,
     name = "bloom_type_casts",
     requires = [
@@ -86,5 +86,18 @@ extension_sql!(
         array_to_bloom_smallint,
         array_to_bloom_integer,
         array_to_bloom_bigint,
+        array_to_bloom_text,
     ]
 );
+
+#[pg_extern(immutable, parallel_safe, name = "elem_in_bloom", requires = [Bloom])]
+fn elem_in_bloom_numeric(elem: i32, bloom: Bloom) -> bool {
+    let bloom: BloomFilter = bloom.into();
+    bloom.contains(&elem)
+}
+
+#[pg_extern(immutable, parallel_safe, name = "elem_in_bloom", requires = [Bloom])]
+fn elem_in_bloom_text(elem: String, bloom: Bloom) -> bool {
+    let bloom: BloomFilter = bloom.into();
+    bloom.contains(&elem)
+}
diff --git a/lantern_extras/src/bm25_api.rs b/lantern_extras/src/bm25_api.rs
index 5abf65f5..57e7ff20 100644
--- a/lantern_extras/src/bm25_api.rs
+++ b/lantern_extras/src/bm25_api.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use pgrx::extension_sql_file;
 
-extension_sql_file!("./bm25_api.sql", requires = [Bloom]);
+extension_sql_file!("./bm25_api.sql", requires = [Bloom, "bloom_type_casts"]);
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "pg_test"))]
 #[pgrx::pg_schema]