diff --git a/CHANGE_LOG.txt b/CHANGE_LOG.txt
index 5488b53..fd7607e 100644
--- a/CHANGE_LOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGE_LOG.txt
@@ -17,3 +17,11 @@ Version 0.0.4
 -------------
 Adding support for regexp_extract
 Adding support for replace with regexp=True
+
+Version 0.0.5
+-------------
+Fix bug withColumn
+Add support in applyInPandas for schema as an string
+Add example for applyInPandas
+Add utils for string to DataType
+Add utils for schema from string
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de0c721..e7df62b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -163,6 +163,37 @@ df.replace(to_replace=1, value=100).show()
 df.replace(to_replace=r'^ba.$', value='new',regex=True).show()
 ```
 
+### applyInPandas
+```python
+from snowflake.snowpark import Session
+import snowpark_extensions
+session = Session.builder.from_snowsql().getOrCreate()
+import pandas as pd  
+df = session.createDataFrame(
+    [(1, 1.0), (1, 2.0), (2, 3.0), (2, 5.0), (2, 10.0)],
+    schema=["ID", "V"])
+df1 = df.to_pandas()
+def normalize(pdf):
+    V = pdf.V
+    return pdf.assign(V=(V - V.mean()) / V.std())
+df2 = normalize(df1)
+# schema can be an string or an StructType
+df.group_by("ID").applyInPandas(
+    normalize, schema="id long, v double").show()  
+```
+
+```
+------------------------------
+|"ID"  |"V"                  |
+------------------------------
+|2     |-0.8320502943378437  |
+|2     |-0.2773500981126146  |
+|2     |1.1094003924504583   |
+|1     |-0.7071067811865475  |
+|1     |0.7071067811865475   |
+------------------------------
+```
+
 ## Functions Extensions
 
 | Name                         | Description                                                                         |
@@ -272,7 +303,8 @@ df.select(F.regexp_extract('id', r'(\d+)_(\d+)', 2)).show()
 | Name | Description         |
 |------|---------------------|
 | utils.map_to_python_type | maps from DataType to python type |
-| 
+| utils.map_string_type_to_datatype | maps a type by name to a snowpark `DataType` |
+| utils.schema_str_to_schema | maps an schema specified as an string to a `StructType()`
 
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 151c50b..7c1febc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
 long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
 
-VERSION = '0.0.4'
+VERSION = '0.0.5'
 
 setup(name='snowpark_extensions',
       version=VERSION,
diff --git a/snowpark_extensions/dataframe_extensions.py b/snowpark_extensions/dataframe_extensions.py
index e581ee7..f600c1a 100644
--- a/snowpark_extensions/dataframe_extensions.py
+++ b/snowpark_extensions/dataframe_extensions.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from snowflake.snowpark import functions as F
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
-from snowpark_extensions.utils import map_to_python_type
+from snowpark_extensions.utils import map_to_python_type, schema_str_to_schema
 import shortuuid
 from snowflake.snowpark.types import StructType,StructField
 from typing import (
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def withColumnExtended(self,colname,expr):
         if isinstance(expr, Explode):
             return self.join_table_function('flatten',date_range_udf(col("epoch_min"), col("epoch_max"))).drop(["SEQ","KEY","PATH","INDEX","THIS"]).rename("VALUE",colname)
         else:
-            self.oldwithColumn(colname,expr)
+            return self.oldwithColumn(colname,expr)
     DataFrame.withColumn = withColumnExtended
 
 
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@ def withColumnExtended(self,colname,expr):
 from snowflake.snowpark.relational_grouped_dataframe import RelationalGroupedDataFrame
 
 if not hasattr(RelationalGroupedDataFrame, "applyInPandas"):
-  def applyInPandas(self,func,output_schema):
+  def applyInPandas(self,func,schema):
+      output_schema = schema
+      if isinstance(output_schema, str):
+        output_schema = schema_str_to_schema(output_schema)
       from snowflake.snowpark.functions import col
       input_types = [x.datatype for x in self._df.schema.fields]
       input_cols  = [x.name for x in self._df.schema.fields]
diff --git a/snowpark_extensions/utils.py b/snowpark_extensions/utils.py
index 9950498..6884c94 100644
--- a/snowpark_extensions/utils.py
+++ b/snowpark_extensions/utils.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     MapType,
     StringType,
     StructType,
+    StructField,
     TimestampType,
     TimeType,
     VariantType,
@@ -80,3 +81,40 @@ def map_python_type_to_datatype(type):
     else:
         return VariantType
 
+def map_string_type_to_datatype(type):
+    type = type.lower()
+    if type == "list":
+        return ArrayType()
+    elif type=="bytes":
+        return BinaryType()
+    elif type == "bool" or type == "boolean":
+        return BooleanType()
+    elif type == "date":
+        return DateType()
+    elif type == "int" or type == "long":
+        return LongType()
+    elif type == "float":
+        return FloatType()
+    elif type == "double":
+        return DoubleType()
+    elif type == "decimal":
+        return DecimalType()
+    elif type == "dict" or type == "struct":
+        return MapType()
+    elif type == "str" or type == "string" or type == "text":
+        return StringType()
+    elif type == "timestamp":
+        return TimestampType()
+    elif type == "time":
+        return TimeType()
+    else:
+        return VariantType()
+
+def schema_str_to_schema(schema_as_str):
+    columns = schema_as_str.split(",")
+    schema_fields = []
+    for c in columns:
+        name, type = c.strip().split(" ")
+        datatype = map_string_type_to_datatype(type)
+        schema_fields.append(StructField(name,datatype))
+    return StructType(schema_fields)
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