diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
index 482f80a587..27c363e223 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts
@@ -207,23 +207,6 @@ describe.each([
       await assertRowUsage(isInternal ? rowUsage + 1 : rowUsage)
     })
 
-    it.only("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
-      const table = await config.api.table.save(
-        saveTableRequest({
-          schema: {
-            description: {
-              name: "description",
-              type: FieldType.STRING,
-              default: "default description",
-            },
-          },
-        })
-      )
-
-      const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
-      expect(row.description).toEqual("default description")
-    })
-
     it("fails to create a row for a table that does not exist", async () => {
       const rowUsage = await getRowUsage()
       await config.api.row.save("1234567", {}, { status: 404 })
@@ -567,6 +550,44 @@ describe.each([
 
       expect(row.name).toEqual(`{ "foo": "2023-01-26T11:48:57.000Z" }`)
     })
+
+    describe.only("default values", () => {
+      it("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
+        const table = await config.api.table.save(
+          saveTableRequest({
+            schema: {
+              description: {
+                name: "description",
+                type: FieldType.STRING,
+                default: "default description",
+              },
+            },
+          })
+        )
+
+        const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+        expect(row.description).toEqual("default description")
+      })
+
+      it("can use bindings in default values", async () => {
+        const table = await config.api.table.save(
+          saveTableRequest({
+            schema: {
+              description: {
+                name: "description",
+                type: FieldType.STRING,
+                default: `{{ date now "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss" }}`,
+              },
+            },
+          })
+        )
+
+        await tk.withFreeze(new Date("2023-01-26T11:48:57.000Z"), async () => {
+          const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
+          expect(row.description).toEqual("2023-01-26T11:48:57")
+        })
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe("get", () => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
index 402295ba96..0765873389 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 } from "./bbReferenceProcessor"
 import { isExternalTableID } from "../../integrations/utils"
 import { helpers } from "@budibase/shared-core"
+import { processString } from "@budibase/string-templates"
 
 export * from "./utils"
 export * from "./attachments"
@@ -92,8 +93,9 @@ export async function processAutoColumn(
 
 async function processDeafultValues(table: Table, row: Row) {
   for (let [key, schema] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
-    if ("default" in schema && row[key] == null) {
-      row[key] = schema.default
+    if ("default" in schema && schema.default != null && row[key] == null) {
+      const processed = await processString(schema.default, {})
+      row[key] = coerce(processed, schema.type)
     }
   }
 }