diff --git a/cottontaildb-client/src/main/protobuf/cottontail.proto b/cottontaildb-client/src/main/protobuf/cottontail.proto
index 07f6c08ad..ca3df87ff 100644
--- a/cottontaildb-client/src/main/protobuf/cottontail.proto
+++ b/cottontaildb-client/src/main/protobuf/cottontail.proto
@@ -460,9 +460,10 @@ message ColumnDefinition {
     bool autoIncrement = 6;
     Compression compression = 7;
     enum Compression {
-        NONE = 0;
-        LZ4 = 1;
-        SNAPPY = 2;
+        DEFAULT = 0;
+        NONE = 1;
+        LZ4 = 2;
+        SNAPPY = 3;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/services/DDLService.kt b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/services/DDLService.kt
index d161706ea..101a28d01 100644
--- a/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/services/DDLService.kt
+++ b/cottontaildb-dbms/src/main/kotlin/org/vitrivr/cottontail/server/grpc/services/DDLService.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import org.vitrivr.cottontail.dbms.queries.operators.physical.definition.*
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.dbms.queries.operators.physical.sort.InMemorySortPhysicalOperatorNode
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.dbms.schema.Schema
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.grpc.CottontailGrpc
+import org.vitrivr.cottontail.grpc.CottontailGrpc.ColumnDefinition.Compression.NONE
+import org.vitrivr.cottontail.grpc.CottontailGrpc.ColumnDefinition.Compression.SNAPPY
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.grpc.DDLGrpcKt
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.storage.serializers.tablets.Compression
 import org.vitrivr.cottontail.utilities.extensions.fqn
@@ -65,8 +67,13 @@ class DDLService(override val catalogue: DefaultCatalogue, val autoRebuilderServ
         val columns = request.columnsList.associate {
             val type = Types.forName(it.type.name, it.length)
             val name = entityName.column(it.name.name) /* To make sure that columns belongs to entity. */
+            val compression = when(it.compression) {
+                NONE -> Compression.NONE
+                SNAPPY -> Compression.SNAPPY
+                else -> Compression.LZ4
+            }
             try {
-                name to ColumnMetadata(type, Compression.valueOf(it.compression.name), it.nullable, it.primary, it.autoIncrement)
+                name to ColumnMetadata(type, compression, it.nullable, it.primary, it.autoIncrement)
             } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
                 throw DatabaseException.ValidationException(e.message ?: "Failed to validate query input.")
             }