diff --git a/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php b/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
index 047c5b1..7426be4 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
+++ b/src/bootstrap/safer_io.php
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ final class safer_io {
                     if (isset($a->use_db_filter) && $a->use_db_filter == DB_FILTER::ON) {
                         $safe_for_db = \tts\safer_sql::get_safer_sql_text($safer_data);
                         $text = $safe_for_db["text"];
+                        $meta[$input_field_name]['db_filter_status'] = $safe_for_db["status"] ?? \tts\SQL_SAFETY_FLAG::filtered;
                     } else {
                         $text = $safer_data;
                     }