diff --git a/cookbook/chunking/semantic_chunking.py b/cookbook/chunking/semantic_chunking.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f532796ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/chunking/semantic_chunking.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from phi.agent import Agent
+from phi.document.chunking.semantic import SemanticChunking
+from phi.document.reader.pdf import PDFUrlReader
+from phi.knowledge.pdf import PDFUrlKnowledgeBase
+from phi.vectordb.pgvector import PgVector
+
+db_url = "postgresql+psycopg://ai:ai@localhost:5532/ai"
+
+knowledge_base = PDFUrlKnowledgeBase(
+    urls=["https://phi-public.s3.amazonaws.com/recipes/ThaiRecipes.pdf"],
+    vector_db=PgVector(table_name="recipes", db_url=db_url),
+    reader=PDFUrlReader(chunking_strategy=SemanticChunking()),
+)
+knowledge_base.load(recreate=False)  # Comment out after first run
+
+agent = Agent(
+    knowledge_base=knowledge_base,
+    search_knowledge=True,
+)
+
+agent.print_response("How to make Thai curry?", markdown=True)
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/agentic.py b/phi/document/chunking/agentic.py
index f8b3e1c17..e9b5ef7be 100644
--- a/phi/document/chunking/agentic.py
+++ b/phi/document/chunking/agentic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
 from phi.document.base import Document
 from phi.model.openai import OpenAIChat
 from phi.model.base import Model
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/document.py b/phi/document/chunking/document.py
index b0ad81e85..51267459f 100644
--- a/phi/document/chunking/document.py
+++ b/phi/document/chunking/document.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from typing import List
 
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
 from phi.document.base import Document
 
 
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/fixed.py b/phi/document/chunking/fixed.py
index c1fbf81d8..95ffe3fb0 100644
--- a/phi/document/chunking/fixed.py
+++ b/phi/document/chunking/fixed.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from phi.document.base import Document
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
 
 
-class FixedChunking(ChunkingStrategy):
+class FixedSizeChunking(ChunkingStrategy):
     """Chunking strategy that splits text into fixed-size chunks with optional overlap"""
 
     def __init__(self, chunk_size: int = 5000, overlap: int = 0):
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/recursive.py b/phi/document/chunking/recursive.py
index bb3460083..662a9218c 100644
--- a/phi/document/chunking/recursive.py
+++ b/phi/document/chunking/recursive.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from phi.document.base import Document
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
 
 
 class RecursiveChunking(ChunkingStrategy):
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/semantic.py b/phi/document/chunking/semantic.py
index 728d7ff88..655571697 100644
--- a/phi/document/chunking/semantic.py
+++ b/phi/document/chunking/semantic.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
 from phi.document.base import Document
 from phi.embedder.base import Embedder
 from phi.embedder.openai import OpenAIEmbedder
@@ -15,26 +17,21 @@
 class SemanticChunking(ChunkingStrategy):
     """Chunking strategy that splits text into semantic chunks using chonkie"""
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        embedding_model: Optional[Embedder] = None,
-        chunk_size: int = 5000,
-        similarity_threshold: Optional[float] = 0.5,
-    ):
-        self.embedding_model = embedding_model or OpenAIEmbedder(model="text-embedding-3-small")
-        self.chunk_size = chunk_size
-        self.similarity_threshold = similarity_threshold
-        self.chunker = SemanticChunker(
-            embedding_model=self.embedding_model,
-            max_chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
-            similarity_threshold=self.similarity_threshold,
-        )
+    embedding_model: Embedder = Field(default_factory=OpenAIEmbedder(model="text-embedding-3-small"))
+    chunk_size: int = 5000
+    similarity_threshold: Optional[float] = 0.5
 
     def chunk(self, document: Document) -> List[Document]:
         """Split document into semantic chunks using chokie"""
         if not document.content:
             return [document]
 
+        self.chunker = SemanticChunker(
+            embedding_model=self.embedding_model,
+            chunk_size=self.chunk_size,
+            similarity_threshold=self.similarity_threshold,
+        )
+
         # Use chokie to split into semantic chunks
         chunks = self.chunker.chunk(self.clean_text(document.content))
 
diff --git a/phi/document/chunking/base.py b/phi/document/chunking/strategy.py
similarity index 100%
rename from phi/document/chunking/base.py
rename to phi/document/chunking/strategy.py
diff --git a/phi/document/reader/base.py b/phi/document/reader/base.py
index 044e99a81..2ec0e328c 100644
--- a/phi/document/reader/base.py
+++ b/phi/document/reader/base.py
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 from typing import Any, List, Optional
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
-from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
-from phi.document.chunking.fixed import FixedChunking
+from phi.document.chunking.strategy import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.fixed import FixedSizeChunking
 from phi.document.base import Document
 
 
 class Reader(BaseModel):
+    """Base class for reading documents"""
+
     chunk: bool = True
     chunk_size: int = 3000
     separators: List[str] = ["\n", "\n\n", "\r", "\r\n", "\n\r", "\t", " ", "  "]
+    chunking_strategy: ChunkingStrategy = Field(default_factory=FixedSizeChunking)
 
-    def __init__(self, chunking_strategy: Optional[ChunkingStrategy] = None):
-        self.chunking_strategy = chunking_strategy or FixedChunking()
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
     def read(self, obj: Any) -> List[Document]:
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/phi/document/reader/pdf.py b/phi/document/reader/pdf.py
index a2cae897a..883666445 100644
--- a/phi/document/reader/pdf.py
+++ b/phi/document/reader/pdf.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+from dataclasses import Field
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Union, IO, Any
+from typing import List, Optional, Union, IO, Any
 
 from phi.document.base import Document
+from phi.document.chunking.base import ChunkingStrategy
+from phi.document.chunking.fixed import FixedChunking
 from phi.document.reader.base import Reader
 from phi.utils.log import logger