diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-featurebranch.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-featurebranch.yml
index d86d301507..a676fe75f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-featurebranch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-featurebranch.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           PAYLOAD_BRANCH: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           PAYLOAD_PR_NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           PAYLOAD_LICENSE_TYPE: "free"
+          PAYLOAD_DEPLOY: "true"
         with:
           repository: budibase/budibase-deploys
           event: featurebranch-qa-deploy
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 9ccf919ff8..f751942df9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -695,6 +695,69 @@ describe.each([
         })
       })
 
+      describe("options column", () => {
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          table = await config.api.table.save(
+            saveTableRequest({
+              schema: {
+                status: {
+                  name: "status",
+                  type: FieldType.OPTIONS,
+                  default: "requested",
+                  constraints: {
+                    inclusion: ["requested", "approved"],
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            })
+          )
+        })
+
+        it("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+          expect(row.status).toEqual("requested")
+        })
+
+        it("does not use default value if value specified", async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
+            status: "approved",
+          })
+          expect(row.status).toEqual("approved")
+        })
+      })
+
+      describe("array column", () => {
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          table = await config.api.table.save(
+            saveTableRequest({
+              schema: {
+                food: {
+                  name: "food",
+                  type: FieldType.ARRAY,
+                  default: ["apple", "orange"],
+                  constraints: {
+                    type: JsonFieldSubType.ARRAY,
+                    inclusion: ["apple", "orange", "banana"],
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            })
+          )
+        })
+
+        it("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+          expect(row.food).toEqual(["apple", "orange"])
+        })
+
+        it("does not use default value if value specified", async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {
+            food: ["orange"],
+          })
+          expect(row.food).toEqual(["orange"])
+        })
+      })
+
       describe("bindings", () => {
         describe("string column", () => {
           beforeAll(async () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
index 7332f8b244..e63750bff9 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ async function processDefaultValues(table: Table, row: Row) {
 
   for (const [key, schema] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
     if ("default" in schema && schema.default != null && row[key] == null) {
-      const processed = await processString(schema.default, ctx)
-
+      const processed =
+        typeof schema.default === "string"
+          ? await processString(schema.default, ctx)
+          : schema.default
       try {
         row[key] = coerce(processed, schema.type)
       } catch (err: any) {
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
index 8a8069ce4d..57f6854604 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/table.ts
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ const allowDefaultColumnByType: Record<FieldType, boolean> = {
   [FieldType.DATETIME]: true,
   [FieldType.LONGFORM]: true,
   [FieldType.STRING]: true,
+  [FieldType.OPTIONS]: true,
+  [FieldType.ARRAY]: true,
 
-  [FieldType.OPTIONS]: false,
   [FieldType.AUTO]: false,
   [FieldType.INTERNAL]: false,
   [FieldType.BARCODEQR]: false,
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@ const allowDefaultColumnByType: Record<FieldType, boolean> = {
   [FieldType.ATTACHMENTS]: false,
   [FieldType.ATTACHMENT_SINGLE]: false,
   [FieldType.SIGNATURE_SINGLE]: false,
-  [FieldType.ARRAY]: false,
   [FieldType.LINK]: false,
   [FieldType.BB_REFERENCE]: false,
   [FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE]: false,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
index 6078f73d1d..f9d1a4c012 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export interface OptionsFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
   constraints: FieldConstraints & {
     inclusion: string[]
   }
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface ArrayFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ export interface ArrayFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
     type: JsonFieldSubType.ARRAY
     inclusion: string[]
   }
+  default?: string[]
 }
 
 interface BaseFieldSchema extends UIFieldMetadata {