diff --git a/surfsense_backend/app/schemas/chunks.py b/surfsense_backend/app/schemas/chunks.py
index 7fec0d445..685aa4762 100644
--- a/surfsense_backend/app/schemas/chunks.py
+++ b/surfsense_backend/app/schemas/chunks.py
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ class ChunkUpdate(ChunkBase):
 
 
 class ChunkRead(ChunkBase, IDModel, TimestampModel):
+    start_char: int | None = None
+    end_char: int | None = None
+
     model_config = ConfigDict(from_attributes=True)