diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a3d3cbb..b6b5b61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ A simple Todo API application built with FastAPI and SQLite.
 - RESTful API for managing todo items
 - SQLite database with SQLAlchemy ORM
 - Alembic migrations for database versioning
+- Priority levels for todo items (Low, Medium, High)
+- Filter todos by priority
 - Health check endpoint
 - Swagger UI documentation
 
@@ -65,9 +67,10 @@ API Documentation is available at:
 
 ### Todo Operations
 - `GET /todos` - List all todos
-- `POST /todos` - Create a new todo
+  - Optional query parameter: `priority` (1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High) to filter by priority
+- `POST /todos` - Create a new todo (with optional priority field: 1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High)
 - `GET /todos/{todo_id}` - Get a specific todo
-- `PUT /todos/{todo_id}` - Update a todo
+- `PUT /todos/{todo_id}` - Update a todo (including priority)
 - `DELETE /todos/{todo_id}` - Delete a todo
 
 ## Database
diff --git a/app/api/routes/todos.py b/app/api/routes/todos.py
index 20f4c8b..2670c8d 100644
--- a/app/api/routes/todos.py
+++ b/app/api/routes/todos.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, HTTPException, status, Query
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, Optional
 
 from app.db.database import get_db
 from app.models.todo import Todo as TodoModel
@@ -20,8 +20,18 @@ def create_todo(todo: TodoCreate, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
     return db_todo
 
 @router.get("/", response_model=List[Todo])
-def read_todos(skip: int = 0, limit: int = 100, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
-    todos = db.query(TodoModel).offset(skip).limit(limit).all()
+def read_todos(
+    skip: int = 0,
+    limit: int = 100,
+    priority: Optional[int] = Query(None, ge=1, le=3, description="Filter by priority (1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High)"),
+    db: Session = Depends(get_db)
+):
+    query = db.query(TodoModel)
+
+    if priority is not None:
+        query = query.filter(TodoModel.priority == priority)
+
+    todos = query.offset(skip).limit(limit).all()
     return todos
 
 @router.get("/{todo_id}", response_model=Todo)
diff --git a/app/models/todo.py b/app/models/todo.py
index 9bfbd20..abb4ea7 100644
--- a/app/models/todo.py
+++ b/app/models/todo.py
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ class Todo(Base):
     title = Column(String, index=True)
     description = Column(String)
     completed = Column(Boolean, default=False)
+    priority = Column(Integer, default=1, index=True)  # 1: Low, 2: Medium, 3: High
     created_at = Column(DateTime, default=func.now())
     updated_at = Column(DateTime, default=func.now(), onupdate=func.now())
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diff --git a/app/schemas/todo.py b/app/schemas/todo.py
index 7c784fe..6af54ee 100644
--- a/app/schemas/todo.py
+++ b/app/schemas/todo.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import Optional
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class TodoBase(BaseModel):
     title: str
     description: Optional[str] = None
     completed: Optional[bool] = False
+    priority: Optional[int] = Field(default=1, ge=1, le=3, description="Priority level: 1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High")
 
 class TodoCreate(TodoBase):
     pass
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ class TodoUpdate(BaseModel):
     title: Optional[str] = None
     description: Optional[str] = None
     completed: Optional[bool] = None
+    priority: Optional[int] = Field(default=None, ge=1, le=3, description="Priority level: 1=Low, 2=Medium, 3=High")
 
 class Todo(TodoBase):
     id: int
diff --git a/migrations/versions/add_priority_field.py b/migrations/versions/add_priority_field.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff66ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/versions/add_priority_field.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""add_priority_field
+
+Revision ID: 002
+Revises: 001
+Create Date: 2025-05-13
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '002'
+down_revision = '001'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade() -> None:
+    op.add_column('todos', sa.Column('priority', sa.Integer(), nullable=True, server_default='1'))
+    op.create_index(op.f('ix_todos_priority'), 'todos', ['priority'], unique=False)
+    
+    # Set default value for existing rows
+    op.execute("UPDATE todos SET priority = 1 WHERE priority IS NULL")
+
+
+def downgrade() -> None:
+    op.drop_index(op.f('ix_todos_priority'), table_name='todos')
+    op.drop_column('todos', 'priority')
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