diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
index 07c207e334..b088051773 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/views/index.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ export async function getEnriched(viewId: string): Promise<ViewV2Enriched> {
 
 async function guardViewSchema(
   tableId: string,
-  viewSchema?: Record<string, ViewUIFieldMetadata>
+  view: Omit<ViewV2, "id" | "version">
 ) {
-  viewSchema ??= {}
+  const viewSchema = view.schema || {}
   const table = await sdk.tables.getTable(tableId)
 
   for (const field of Object.keys(viewSchema)) {
@@ -89,19 +89,30 @@ async function guardViewSchema(
       )
     }
   }
+
+  if (view.primaryDisplay) {
+    const viewSchemaField = viewSchema[view.primaryDisplay]
+
+    if (!viewSchemaField?.visible) {
+      throw new HTTPError(
+        `You can't hide "${view.primaryDisplay}" because it is the display column.`,
+        400
+      )
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export async function create(
   tableId: string,
   viewRequest: Omit<ViewV2, "id" | "version">
 ): Promise<ViewV2> {
-  await guardViewSchema(tableId, viewRequest.schema)
+  await guardViewSchema(tableId, viewRequest)
 
   return pickApi(tableId).create(tableId, viewRequest)
 }
 
 export async function update(tableId: string, view: ViewV2): Promise<ViewV2> {
-  await guardViewSchema(tableId, view.schema)
+  await guardViewSchema(tableId, view)
 
   return pickApi(tableId).update(tableId, view)
 }