diff --git a/lib/Common/EntityManagerFactory.php b/lib/Common/EntityManagerFactory.php
index ba9883a..132bcf7 100755
--- a/lib/Common/EntityManagerFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Common/EntityManagerFactory.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use RuntimeException;
  */
 class EntityManagerFactory
 {
-    public static function create(array $params, bool $dev_mode = false, array $middlewares = []) : EntityManager
+    public static function create(array $params, bool $dev_mode = false, array $middlewares = [], array $filters = []) : EntityManager
     {
         self::checkRequiredParams($params, ['paths', 'database', 'proxy_dir']);
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class EntityManagerFactory
         // specifying server version explicitly doesn't trigger this connection, which is not
         // needed for proxy generation
         if (defined('STDIN') && @$_SERVER['argv'][1] == 'orm:generate-proxies') {
-            $params['database']['serverVersion'] = 14;
+            $params['database']['serverVersion'] = '14';
         }
 
         $paths = $params['paths'];
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ class EntityManagerFactory
 
         if ($middlewares) $config->setMiddlewares($middlewares);
 
+        foreach ($filters as $name => $class) {
+            $config->addFilter($name, $class);
+        }
+
         $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($params['database'], $config);
         $em = new EntityManager($connection, $config);
         return $em;