diff --git a/opensearch-kafka-connector/kafka-connect-transforms/src/main/java/org/openg2p/reporting/kafka/connect/transforms/DynamicNewField.java b/opensearch-kafka-connector/kafka-connect-transforms/src/main/java/org/openg2p/reporting/kafka/connect/transforms/DynamicNewField.java
index 84cd0d4..b58e986 100644
--- a/opensearch-kafka-connector/kafka-connect-transforms/src/main/java/org/openg2p/reporting/kafka/connect/transforms/DynamicNewField.java
+++ b/opensearch-kafka-connector/kafka-connect-transforms/src/main/java/org/openg2p/reporting/kafka/connect/transforms/DynamicNewField.java
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ public abstract class Config{
         String[] inputFields;
         SingleFieldPath[] inputFieldPaths;
         String[] inputDefaultValues;
+        String outputDefaultValue;
         String[] outputFields;
         Schema outputSchema;
-        Config(String type, String[] inputFields, String[] inputDefaultValues, String[] outputFields, Schema outputSchema){
+        Config(String type, String[] inputFields, String[] inputDefaultValues, String[] outputFields, String outputDefaultValue, Schema outputSchema){
             this.type = type;
             this.inputFields = inputFields;
             this.inputDefaultValues = inputDefaultValues;
             this.outputFields = outputFields;
+            this.outputDefaultValue = outputDefaultValue;
             this.outputSchema = outputSchema;
             this.inputFieldPaths = new SingleFieldPath[inputFields.length];
             for(int i=0;i < inputFields.length; i++) {
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public class ESQueryConfig extends Config{
             String[] inputFields,
             String[] outputFields,
             String[] inputDefaultValues,
+            String outputDefaultValue,
             String esUrl,
             String esIndex,
             String[] esInputFields,
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ public class ESQueryConfig extends Config{
             String esUsername,
             String esPassword
         ) {
-            super(type,inputFields,inputDefaultValues,outputFields,Schema.OPTIONAL_STRING_SCHEMA);
+            super(type,inputFields,inputDefaultValues,outputFields,outputDefaultValue,Schema.OPTIONAL_STRING_SCHEMA);
 
             this.esUrl=esUrl;
             this.esIndex=esIndex;
@@ -191,12 +194,11 @@ else if(inputValues.size()==0){
                     // do nothing
                 }
             }
-            if(responseSource == null) return Collections.nCopies(esOutputFields.length, "Error: No hits found");
             for(String esOutputField: esOutputFields){
-                if(responseSource.has(esOutputField) && !responseSource.isNull(esOutputField)){
+                if(responseSource != null && responseSource.has(esOutputField)){
                     outputValues.add(responseSource.get(esOutputField));
                 } else {
-                    outputValues.add(null);
+                    outputValues.add(outputDefaultValue);
                 }
             }
             return outputValues;
@@ -265,7 +267,8 @@ void close(){
     // Base Config
     public static final String INPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG = "input.fields";
     public static final String OUTPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG = "output.fields";
-    public static final String DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG = "input.default.values";
+    public static final String INPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG = "input.default.values";
+    public static final String OUTPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG = "output.default.value";
 
     // Elasticsearch Specific Config
     public static final String ES_URL_CONFIG = "es.url";
@@ -285,7 +288,8 @@ void close(){
         .define(TYPE_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "es", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "This is the type of query made. For now this field is ignored and defaulted to es")
         .define(INPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Name of the field in the current index")
         .define(OUTPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Names to give to the new fields")
-        .define(DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Default vlaues for input fields")
+        .define(INPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Default values for input fields")
+        .define(OUTPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "Error: No hits found", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Default value for output")
 
         .define(ES_URL_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Installed Elasticsearch URL")
         .define(ES_INDEX_CONFIG, ConfigDef.Type.STRING, "", ConfigDef.Importance.HIGH, "Name of the index in ES to search")
@@ -309,7 +313,8 @@ public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
 
         String inputFieldBulk = absconf.getString(INPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG);
         String outputFieldBulk = absconf.getString(OUTPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG);
-        String inputDefaultValuesBulk = absconf.getString(DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG);
+        String inputDefaultValuesBulk = absconf.getString(INPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG);
+        String outputDefaultValue = absconf.getString(OUTPUT_DEFAULT_VALUE_CONFIG);
 
         if (type.isEmpty() || inputFieldBulk.isEmpty() || outputFieldBulk.isEmpty()) {
             throw new ConfigException("One of required transform base config fields not set. Required base fields in tranform: " + TYPE_CONFIG + " ," + INPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG + " ," + OUTPUT_FIELDS_CONFIG);
@@ -349,6 +354,7 @@ public void configure(Map<String, ?> configs) {
                     inputFields,
                     outputFields,
                     inputDefaultValues,
+                    outputDefaultValue,
                     esUrl,
                     esIndex,
                     esInputFields,