diff --git a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/schema.py b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/schema.py
index 8075496b..515b1421 100644
--- a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/schema.py
+++ b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/schema.py
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ def non_empty_metadata(cls, v):
     def to_dict(self) -> Dict:
         data = self.dict(exclude_none=True)
         data["prompt_vector"] = array_to_buffer(self.prompt_vector)
-        if self.metadata:
+        if self.metadata is not None:
             data["metadata"] = serialize(self.metadata)
-        if self.filters:
+        if self.filters is not None:
             data.update(self.filters)
             del data["filters"]
         return data
diff --git a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
index f0f38a04..1b78ea9e 100644
--- a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
+++ b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
@@ -300,8 +300,6 @@ def check(
             key = cache_search_result["id"]
             self._refresh_ttl(key)
 
-            print(cache_search_result, flush=True)
-
             # Create cache hit
             cache_hit = CacheHit(**cache_search_result)
             cache_hit_dict = {
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py b/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
index 34c15113..03a6f0eb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
@@ -295,6 +295,22 @@ def test_store_with_metadata(cache, vectorizer):
     assert check_result[0]["prompt"] == prompt
 
 
+def test_store_with_empty_metadata(cache, vectorizer):
+    prompt = "This is another test prompt."
+    response = "This is another test response."
+    metadata = {}
+    vector = vectorizer.embed(prompt)
+
+    cache.store(prompt, response, vector=vector, metadata=metadata)
+    check_result = cache.check(vector=vector, num_results=1)
+
+    assert len(check_result) == 1
+    print(check_result, flush=True)
+    assert check_result[0]["response"] == response
+    assert check_result[0]["metadata"] == metadata
+    assert check_result[0]["prompt"] == prompt
+
+
 def test_store_with_invalid_metadata(cache, vectorizer):
     prompt = "This is another test prompt."
     response = "This is another test response."