content = f.read()
                    file_type = os.path.splitext(item.name)[1]
                    # loads only text files
                    try:
                        text_content = content.decode("utf-8")
                    except UnicodeDecodeError:
                        continue
                    metadata = {
                        "source": rel_file_path,
                        "file_path": rel_file_path,
                        "file_name": item.name,
                        "file_type": file_type,
                    }
                    doc = Document(page_content=text_content, metadata=metadata)
                    docs.append(doc)
            except Exception as e:
                print(f"Error reading file {file_path}: {e}")
        return docs