diff --git a/api/app/account/routes.py b/api/app/account/routes.py
index d19c0b5..f26b9b4 100644
--- a/api/app/account/routes.py
+++ b/api/app/account/routes.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 from uuid import UUID
 
-
-from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Depends, Query
-from sqlmodel import Field, Session, SQLModel, create_engine, select
+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Depends
 from fastapi_pagination import Page
 from fastapi_pagination.ext.sqlmodel import paginate
 
-from .models import Account, AccountCreate, AccountRead, AccountUpdate
+from account.models import Account, AccountCreate, AccountRead, AccountUpdate
 from db import SessionDep
 from user.manager import get_current_user
 
diff --git a/api/app/category/models.py b/api/app/category/models.py
index d46f165..7a8edaa 100644
--- a/api/app/category/models.py
+++ b/api/app/category/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 from enum import Enum
+from typing import Optional
 
+from fastapi_filter.contrib.sqlalchemy import Filter
 from sqlmodel import Field, SQLModel, select
 
 class CategoryBase(SQLModel):
@@ -21,8 +23,8 @@ class Category(CategoryRead, table=True):
         return category_db
 
     @classmethod
-    def list(cls):
-        return select(Category)
+    def list(cls, filters):
+        return filters.filter(select(cls))
 
     @classmethod
     def get(cls, session, category_id):
@@ -49,3 +51,10 @@ class CategoryCreate(CategoryWrite):
 
 class CategoryUpdate(CategoryWrite):
     pass
+
+class CategoryFilters(Filter):
+    name__like: Optional[str] = None
+
+    class Constants(Filter.Constants):
+        model = Category
+        search_model_fields = ["name"]
diff --git a/api/app/category/routes.py b/api/app/category/routes.py
index be52781..e5aff90 100644
--- a/api/app/category/routes.py
+++ b/api/app/category/routes.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 from uuid import UUID
 
-
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Depends
+from fastapi_filter import FilterDepends
 from fastapi_pagination import Page
 from fastapi_pagination.ext.sqlmodel import paginate
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from category.models import Category, CategoryCreate, CategoryRead, CategoryUpdate
+from category.models import Category, CategoryCreate, CategoryRead, CategoryUpdate, CategoryFilters
 from db import SessionDep
 from user.manager import get_current_user
 
@@ -17,8 +18,10 @@ def create_category(category: CategoryCreate, session: SessionDep, current_user=
     return category
 
 @router.get("")
-def read_categories(session: SessionDep, current_user=Depends(get_current_user)) -> Page[CategoryRead]:
-    return paginate(session, Category.list())
+def read_categories(session: SessionDep,
+                    filters: CategoryFilters = FilterDepends(CategoryFilters),
+                    current_user=Depends(get_current_user)) -> Page[CategoryRead]:
+    return paginate(session, Category.list(filters))
 
 @router.get("/{category_id}")
 def read_category(category_id: UUID, session: SessionDep, current_user=Depends(get_current_user)) -> CategoryRead:
diff --git a/api/app/requirements.txt b/api/app/requirements.txt
index 7b42cc8..4ed1615 100644
--- a/api/app/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/app/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ fastapi
 fastapi-pagination
 fastapi-users[sqlmodel]
 fastapi-users-db-sqlmodel
+fastapi-filter[sqlalchemy]
diff --git a/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/crud-text-widget.tsx b/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/crud-text-widget.tsx
index 094ce65..1aaaf4c 100644
--- a/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/crud-text-widget.tsx
+++ b/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/crud-text-widget.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ export default function CrudTextWidget<T = any, S extends StrictRJSFSchema = RJS
   if (props.schema.hasOwnProperty("foreign_key")) {
     return (<ForeignKeyWidget {...props} />);
   }else {
-    return (<CrudTextWidget {...props} />);
+    return (<TextWidget {...props} />);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/foreign-key.tsx b/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/foreign-key.tsx
index 756ebc3..7da4c3e 100644
--- a/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/foreign-key.tsx
+++ b/gui/app/src/common/crud/widgets/foreign-key.tsx
@@ -11,38 +11,24 @@ import {useList} from "@refinedev/core";
 export const ForeignKeyWidget = (props: WidgetProps) => {
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState("");
   const [selectedValue, setSelectedValue] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [debouncedInputValue, setDebouncedInputValue] = useState(inputValue);
 
   const resource = props.schema.foreign_key.reference.resource
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handler = setTimeout(() => setDebouncedInputValue(inputValue), 300); // Adjust debounce delay as needed
+    return () => clearTimeout(handler);
+  }, [inputValue]);
+
   const { data, isLoading } = useList({
     resource: resource,
     pagination: { current: 1, pageSize: 10 },
+    filters: [{ field: "name", operator: "contains", value: debouncedInputValue }],
     sorters: [{ field: "name", order: "asc" }],
-    filters: [{ field: "name", operator: "contains", value: "input" }],
   });
 
   const options = data?.data || [];
 
-  // const fetchOptions = async (input: string) => {
-  //   try {
-  //
-  //   } catch (error) {
-  //     console.error("Error fetching options:", error);
-  //   }
-  // };
-
-  // // Debounced version of the fetch function
-  // const debouncedFetch = useCallback(debounce(fetchOptions, 300), []);
-  // // Trigger fetch whenever the inputValue changes
-  // useEffect(() => {
-  //   if (inputValue) {
-  //     debouncedFetch(inputValue);
-  //   } else {
-  //     setOptions([]); // Clear options when input is empty
-  //   }
-  // }, [inputValue, debouncedFetch]);
-
-
   return (
     <Autocomplete
       value={selectedValue}
diff --git a/gui/app/src/providers/data-provider.tsx b/gui/app/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
index bf55154..ce7fafb 100644
--- a/gui/app/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
+++ b/gui/app/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ export const dataProvider: DataProvider = {
 
     if (filters && filters.length > 0) {
       filters.forEach((filter) => {
-        if ("field" in filter && filter.operator === "eq") {
-          // Our fake API supports "eq" operator by simply appending the field name and value to the query string.
-          params.append(filter.field, filter.value);
+        if ("field" in filter && filter.value.length > 0 && filter.operator === "contains") {
+          params.append(filter.field + "__like", "%" + filter.value + "%");
         }
       });
     }