diff --git a/analytic_engine/src/lib.rs b/analytic_engine/src/lib.rs
index a83300c24b..a13e90afda 100644
--- a/analytic_engine/src/lib.rs
+++ b/analytic_engine/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 //! Analytic table engine implementations
 
+#![feature(option_get_or_insert_default)]
 mod compaction;
 mod context;
 mod engine;
diff --git a/analytic_engine/src/sst/parquet/meta_data.rs b/analytic_engine/src/sst/parquet/meta_data.rs
index f34f59b2b3..65ea5204a6 100644
--- a/analytic_engine/src/sst/parquet/meta_data.rs
+++ b/analytic_engine/src/sst/parquet/meta_data.rs
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ impl RowGroupFilterBuilder {
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn add_key(&mut self, col_idx: usize, key: &[u8]) {
-        if let Some(b) = self.builders[col_idx].as_mut() {
-            b.insert(key)
-        }
+        self.builders[col_idx].get_or_insert_default().insert(key)
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn build(self) -> Result<RowGroupFilter> {
@@ -422,4 +420,22 @@ mod tests {
         let decoded_parquet_filter = ParquetFilter::try_from(parquet_filter_pb).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(decoded_parquet_filter, parquet_filter);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_row_group_filter_builder() {
+        let mut builders = RowGroupFilterBuilder::with_num_columns(1);
+        for key in ["host-123", "host-456", "host-789"] {
+            builders.add_key(0, key.as_bytes());
+        }
+        let row_group_filter = builders.build().unwrap();
+
+        let testcase = [("host-123", true), ("host-321", false)];
+        for (key, expected) in testcase {
+            let actual = row_group_filter
+                .contains_column_data(0, key.as_bytes())
+                .unwrap();
+
+            assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/components/parquet_ext/src/prune/min_max.rs b/components/parquet_ext/src/prune/min_max.rs
index df7838080a..6695e3ac05 100644
--- a/components/parquet_ext/src/prune/min_max.rs
+++ b/components/parquet_ext/src/prune/min_max.rs
@@ -243,43 +243,58 @@ mod test {
             .unwrap()
     }
 
+    fn int32_stat(min: i32, max: i32) -> Statistics {
+        Statistics::int32(Some(min), Some(max), None, 0, false)
+    }
+
+    fn string_stat(min: &str, max: &str) -> Statistics {
+        Statistics::byte_array(Some(min.into()), Some(max.into()), None, 0, false)
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_row_group_filter() {
         let testcases = vec![
             // (expr, min, max, schema, expected)
             (
                 col("a").eq(lit(5i64)), // a == 5
-                10,
-                20,
+                int32_stat(10, 20),
                 vec![("a", ArrowDataType::Int64)],
                 vec![],
             ),
             (
                 col("a").eq(lit(14i64)), // a == 14
-                10,
-                20,
+                int32_stat(10, 20),
                 vec![("a", ArrowDataType::Int64)],
                 vec![0],
             ),
             (
                 col("a").lt(col("b")), // a < b
-                10,
-                20,
+                int32_stat(10, 20),
                 vec![("a", ArrowDataType::Int32), ("b", ArrowDataType::Int32)],
                 // nothing actually gets calculated.
                 vec![0],
             ),
             (
                 col("a").in_list(vec![lit(17i64), lit(100i64)], false), // a in (17, 100)
-                101,
-                200,
+                int32_stat(101, 200),
                 vec![("a", ArrowDataType::Int64)],
                 vec![],
             ),
+            (
+                col("hostname").eq(lit("host-1794")), // hostname == host-1794
+                string_stat("host-18000", "host-20000"),
+                vec![("hostname", ArrowDataType::Utf8)],
+                vec![],
+            ),
+            (
+                col("hostname").eq(lit("host-1794")), // hostname == host-1794
+                string_stat("host-1000", "host-20000"),
+                vec![("hostname", ArrowDataType::Utf8)],
+                vec![0],
+            ),
         ];
 
-        for (expr, min, max, schema, expected) in testcases {
-            let stat = Statistics::int32(Some(min), Some(max), None, 0, false);
+        for (expr, stat, schema, expected) in testcases {
             let schema = prepare_arrow_schema(schema);
             let metadata = prepare_metadata(&schema, stat);