diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
index 4ddf85d24d..1b59039051 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
@@ -209,17 +209,19 @@ async function addIfMissingAndSave() {
       const updatedColMeta = { ...column.value }
 
       // todo: refactor and avoid repetition
-      // Postgres returns default value wrapped with single quotes & casted with type so we have to get value between single quotes to keep it unified for all databases
-      if (isPg.value) {
-        updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.substring(
-          updatedColMeta.cdf.indexOf(`'`) + 1,
-          updatedColMeta.cdf.lastIndexOf(`'`),
-        )
-      }
-
-      // Mysql escapes single quotes with backslash so we keep quotes but others have to unescaped
-      if (!isMysql.value) {
-        updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, "'")
+      if (updatedColMeta.cdf) {
+        // Postgres returns default value wrapped with single quotes & casted with type so we have to get value between single quotes to keep it unified for all databases
+        if (isPg.value) {
+          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.substring(
+            updatedColMeta.cdf.indexOf(`'`) + 1,
+            updatedColMeta.cdf.lastIndexOf(`'`),
+          )
+        }
+
+        // Mysql escapes single quotes with backslash so we keep quotes but others have to unescaped
+        if (!isMysql.value) {
+          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, "'")
+        }
       }
 
       await $api.dbTableColumn.update(
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
index e75739aeb7..b89bad6bc2 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
@@ -132,17 +132,19 @@ async function addIfMissingAndSave() {
       const updatedColMeta = { ...column.value }
 
       // todo: refactor and avoid repetition
-      // Postgres returns default value wrapped with single quotes & casted with type so we have to get value between single quotes to keep it unified for all databases
-      if (isPg.value) {
-        updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.substring(
-          updatedColMeta.cdf.indexOf(`'`) + 1,
-          updatedColMeta.cdf.lastIndexOf(`'`),
-        )
-      }
-
-      // Mysql escapes single quotes with backslash so we keep quotes but others have to unescaped
-      if (!isMysql.value) {
-        updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, "'")
+      if (updatedColMeta.cdf) {
+        // Postgres returns default value wrapped with single quotes & casted with type so we have to get value between single quotes to keep it unified for all databases
+        if (isPg.value) {
+          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.substring(
+            updatedColMeta.cdf.indexOf(`'`) + 1,
+            updatedColMeta.cdf.lastIndexOf(`'`),
+          )
+        }
+
+        // Mysql escapes single quotes with backslash so we keep quotes but others have to unescaped
+        if (!isMysql.value) {
+          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, "'")
+        }
       }
 
       await $api.dbTableColumn.update(