diff --git a/app/controllers/api/database.php b/app/controllers/api/database.php
index 46904fbd6..f1acd6919 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/database.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/database.php
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ App::post('/v1/database/collections/:collectionId/attributes')
         $signed = true;
         $filters = [];
 
-        $success = $dbForExternal->addAttributeInQueue($collectionId, $id, $type, $size, $required, $default, $signed, $array, $filters);
+        $success = $dbForExternal->addAttributeInQueue($collectionId, $id, $type, $size, $required, $default, $signed, $array, /*format*/ null, $filters);
 
         // Database->addAttributeInQueue() does not return a document
         // So we need to create one for the response
diff --git a/app/workers/database.php b/app/workers/database.php
index 544ffe106..42df89e1b 100644
--- a/app/workers/database.php
+++ b/app/workers/database.php
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ class DatabaseV1 extends Worker
         $default = $attribute->getAttribute('default', null);
         $signed = $attribute->getAttribute('signed', true);
         $array = $attribute->getAttribute('array', false);
+        $format = $attribute->getAttribute('format', null);
         $filters = $attribute->getAttribute('filters', []);
 
-        $success = $dbForExternal->createAttribute($collectionId, $id, $type, $size, $required, $default, $signed, $array, $filters);
+        $success = $dbForExternal->createAttribute($collectionId, $id, $type, $size, $required, $default, $signed, $array, $format, $filters);
         if ($success) {
             $removed = $dbForExternal->removeAttributeInQueue($collectionId, $id);
         }