diff --git a/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/loaders/excel_loader.py b/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/loaders/excel_loader.py
index 69d5927bb..4b98b3aea 100644
--- a/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/loaders/excel_loader.py
+++ b/libs/kotaemon/kotaemon/loaders/excel_loader.py
@@ -75,18 +75,30 @@ def load_data(
             )
 
         dfs = pd.read_excel(file, sheet_name=sheet_name, **self._pandas_config)
-        for key in dfs.keys():
-            # remove redundant row and column
+        sheet_names = dfs.keys()
+        df_sheets = []
+
+        for key in sheet_names:
+            sheet = []
+            if include_sheetname:
+                sheet.append([key])
+            dfs[key] = dfs[key].dropna(axis=0, how='all')
             dfs[key] = dfs[key].dropna(axis=0, how='all')
-            dfs[key] = dfs[key].dropna(axis=1, how='all')
-            dfs[key].fillna('', inplace=True) 
+            dfs[key].fillna('', inplace=True)
+            sheet.extend(dfs[key].values.astype(str).tolist())
+            df_sheets.append(sheet)
+
+        text_list = list(
+            itertools.chain.from_iterable(df_sheets)
+        )  # flatten list of lists
 
         output = [
             Document(
-                text="{}\n{}".format(key, dfs[key].to_string()),
-                metadata=extra_info.update({'name': key}),
+                text=self._row_joiner.join(
+                    self._col_joiner.join(sublist) for sublist in text_list
+                ),
+                metadata=extra_info or {},
             )
-            for key in dfs.keys()
         ]
 
         return output