diff --git a/test/integration/test_integration.py b/test/integration/test_integration.py
index f87b4af..a6e43de 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_integration.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_integration.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def test_collection_lifecycle(collection_manager: CollectionManager):
             auto_tenant_creation=False,
             auto_tenant_activation=False,
             vectorizer="contextionary",
-            auto_schema=True,
+            force_auto_schema=True,
         )
 
         # Verify collection exists
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_multiple_collections(collection_manager: CollectionManager):
                 auto_tenant_creation=False,
                 auto_tenant_activation=False,
                 vectorizer="contextionary",
-                auto_schema=True,
+                force_auto_schema=True,
             )
             assert collection_manager.client.collections.exists(col)
     finally:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def test_shard_operations(
             auto_tenant_creation=False,
             auto_tenant_activation=False,
             vectorizer="transformers",
-            auto_schema=True,
+            force_auto_schema=True,
         )
 
         # Get shard info
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def test_error_handling(collection_manager: CollectionManager):
             auto_tenant_creation=False,
             auto_tenant_activation=False,
             vectorizer="transformers",
-            auto_schema=True,
+            force_auto_schema=True,
         )
 
         with pytest.raises(Exception):
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def test_error_handling(collection_manager: CollectionManager):
                 auto_tenant_creation=False,
                 auto_tenant_activation=False,
                 vectorizer="transformers",
-                auto_schema=True,
+                force_auto_schema=True,
             )
     finally:
         # Test deleting non-existent collection
diff --git a/test/unittests/test_managers/test_collection_manager.py b/test/unittests/test_managers/test_collection_manager.py
index fdd1bb4..f6b69f1 100644
--- a/test/unittests/test_managers/test_collection_manager.py
+++ b/test/unittests/test_managers/test_collection_manager.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def test_create_collection(mock_client):
         multitenant=False,
         auto_tenant_creation=False,
         auto_tenant_activation=False,
-        auto_schema=False,
+        force_auto_schema=False,
         shards=1,
         vectorizer=None,
     )
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def test_create_existing_collection(mock_client):
             multitenant=False,
             auto_tenant_creation=False,
             auto_tenant_activation=False,
-            auto_schema=False,
+            force_auto_schema=False,
             shards=1,
             vectorizer=None,
         )
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_create_collection_failure(mock_client):
             multitenant=False,
             auto_tenant_creation=False,
             auto_tenant_activation=False,
-            auto_schema=False,
+            force_auto_schema=False,
             shards=1,
             vectorizer=None,
         )
diff --git a/weaviate_cli/commands/create.py b/weaviate_cli/commands/create.py
index 7f86191..01dcd3e 100644
--- a/weaviate_cli/commands/create.py
+++ b/weaviate_cli/commands/create.py
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ def create() -> None:
     is_flag=True,
     help="Enable auto tenant activation (default: False).",
 )
-@click.option("--auto_schema", default=True, help="Enable auto-schema (default: True).")
+@click.option(
+    "--force_auto_schema",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Force auto-schema (default: False). If passed, no properties will be added to the collection and it will be the auto-schema the one that infers the properties.",
+)
 @click.option("--shards", default=1, help="Number of shards (default: 1).")
 @click.option(
     "--vectorizer",
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ def create_collection_cli(
     multitenant: bool,
     auto_tenant_creation: bool,
     auto_tenant_activation: bool,
-    auto_schema: bool,
+    force_auto_schema: bool,
     shards: int,
     vectorizer: Optional[str],
 ) -> None:
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ def create_collection_cli(
             multitenant=multitenant,
             auto_tenant_creation=auto_tenant_creation,
             auto_tenant_activation=auto_tenant_activation,
-            auto_schema=auto_schema,
+            force_auto_schema=force_auto_schema,
             shards=shards,
             vectorizer=vectorizer,
         )
diff --git a/weaviate_cli/managers/collection_manager.py b/weaviate_cli/managers/collection_manager.py
index 496b7fa..307c6c9 100644
--- a/weaviate_cli/managers/collection_manager.py
+++ b/weaviate_cli/managers/collection_manager.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def create_collection(
         multitenant: bool,
         auto_tenant_creation: bool,
         auto_tenant_activation: bool,
-        auto_schema: bool,
+        force_auto_schema: bool,
         shards: int,
         vectorizer: Optional[str],
     ) -> None:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def create_collection(
                     auto_tenant_activation=auto_tenant_activation,
                 ),
                 vectorizer_config=(vectorizer_map[vectorizer] if vectorizer else None),
-                properties=properties if auto_schema else None,
+                properties=properties if not force_auto_schema else None,
             )
         except Exception as e:
 
diff --git a/weaviate_cli/managers/data_manager.py b/weaviate_cli/managers/data_manager.py
index 2762043..a0585aa 100644
--- a/weaviate_cli/managers/data_manager.py
+++ b/weaviate_cli/managers/data_manager.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def create_single_object() -> Dict:
                 "title": f"{prefix}title" + get_random_string(10),
                 "genres": f"{prefix}genre" + get_random_string(3),
                 "keywords": f"{prefix}keywords" + get_random_string(3),
+                "director": f"{prefix}director" + get_random_string(3),
                 "popularity": float(random.randint(1, 200)),
                 "runtime": f"{prefix}runtime" + get_random_string(3),
                 "cast": f"{prefix}cast" + get_random_string(3),