diff --git a/src/Squidex/app/features/schemas/pages/schema/schema-page.component.ts b/src/Squidex/app/features/schemas/pages/schema/schema-page.component.ts
index a64df5f9b..d3289f38b 100644
--- a/src/Squidex/app/features/schemas/pages/schema/schema-page.component.ts
+++ b/src/Squidex/app/features/schemas/pages/schema/schema-page.component.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class SchemaPageComponent extends AppComponentBase implements OnInit {
     public addFieldFormSubmitted = false;
     public addFieldForm: FormGroup =
         this.formBuilder.group({
-            type: ['string',
+            type: [this.fieldTypes[0],
                 [
                     Validators.required
                 ]],