diff --git a/django_mongoengine_filter/filters.py b/django_mongoengine_filter/filters.py
index dbfd89c..e388447 100644
--- a/django_mongoengine_filter/filters.py
+++ b/django_mongoengine_filter/filters.py
@@ -62,45 +62,62 @@ def __init__(
             self.filter = action
         self.lookup_type = lookup_type
         self.widget = widget
-        self.required = required
         self.extra = kwargs
+        self.extra.setdefault('required', False)
         self.distinct = distinct
         self.exclude = exclude
 
         self.creation_counter = Filter.creation_counter
         Filter.creation_counter += 1
 
+    # FIXME: original field property
+    # there had been more logic to check lookup types
+    # django-filters has renamed lookup_type to lookup_expr
+    # yet in my case using that smaller `field` property from below works as a glance
+    #
+    # @property
+    # def field(self):
+    #     if not hasattr(self, "_field"):
+    #         help_text = _("This is an exclusion filter") if self.exclude else ""
+    #         if self.lookup_type is None or isinstance(
+    #             self.lookup_type, (list, tuple)
+    #         ):
+    #             if self.lookup_type is None:
+    #                 lookup = [(x, x) for x in LOOKUP_TYPES]
+    #             else:
+    #                 lookup = [
+    #                     (x, x) for x in LOOKUP_TYPES if x in self.lookup_type
+    #                 ]
+    #             self._field = LookupTypeField(
+    #                 self.field_class(
+    #                     required=self.required, widget=self.widget, **self.extra
+    #                 ),
+    #                 lookup,
+    #                 required=self.required,
+    #                 label=self.label,
+    #                 help_text=help_text,
+    #             )
+    #         else:
+    #             self._field = self.field_class(
+    #                 required=self.required,
+    #                 label=self.label,
+    #                 widget=self.widget,
+    #                 help_text=help_text,
+    #                 **self.extra
+    #             )
+
+    #     return self._field
+
     @property
     def field(self):
-        if not hasattr(self, "_field"):
-            help_text = _("This is an exclusion filter") if self.exclude else ""
-            if self.lookup_type is None or isinstance(
-                self.lookup_type, (list, tuple)
-            ):
-                if self.lookup_type is None:
-                    lookup = [(x, x) for x in LOOKUP_TYPES]
-                else:
-                    lookup = [
-                        (x, x) for x in LOOKUP_TYPES if x in self.lookup_type
-                    ]
-                self._field = LookupTypeField(
-                    self.field_class(
-                        required=self.required, widget=self.widget, **self.extra
-                    ),
-                    lookup,
-                    required=self.required,
-                    label=self.label,
-                    help_text=help_text,
-                )
-            else:
-                self._field = self.field_class(
-                    required=self.required,
-                    label=self.label,
-                    widget=self.widget,
-                    help_text=help_text,
-                    **self.extra
-                )
+        if not hasattr(self, '_field'):
+            field_kwargs = self.extra.copy()
+
+            # TODO: not available in django_mongoengine_filter
+            # if settings.DISABLE_HELP_TEXT:
+            #     field_kwargs.pop('help_text', None)
 
+            self._field = self.field_class(label=self.label, **field_kwargs)
         return self._field
 
     def filter(self, qs, value):