diff --git a/studio/components/interfaces/TableGridEditor/SidePanelEditor/RowEditor/RowEditor.utils.ts b/studio/components/interfaces/TableGridEditor/SidePanelEditor/RowEditor/RowEditor.utils.ts
index 0e3c82dd983..22dad69e460 100644
--- a/studio/components/interfaces/TableGridEditor/SidePanelEditor/RowEditor/RowEditor.utils.ts
+++ b/studio/components/interfaces/TableGridEditor/SidePanelEditor/RowEditor/RowEditor.utils.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const generateRowFields = (
       isUndefined(row) && TEXT_TYPES.includes(column.format)
         ? null
         : isUndefined(row) && column.format === 'bool' && !column.is_nullable
-        ? 'true'
+        ? column.default_value
         : isUndefined(row) && column.format === 'bool' && column.is_nullable
         ? 'null'
         : isUndefined(row)
@@ -188,7 +188,17 @@ export const generateRowObjectFromFields = (
       rowObject[field.name] = value
     }
   })
-  return includeNullProperties ? rowObject : omitBy(rowObject, isNull)
+  if (includeNullProperties) {
+    return rowObject
+  } else {
+    return omitBy(rowObject, (v, k) => {
+      const field = fields.find((f) => f.name === k)
+      if (field && field.isNullable) {
+        return false
+      }
+      return isNull(v)
+    })
+  }
 }
 
 export const generateUpdateRowPayload = (originalRow: any, field: RowField[]) => {