diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/attributes/AttributeKvInsertRepository.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/attributes/AttributeKvInsertRepository.java
index 84688be9c9..8390860826 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/attributes/AttributeKvInsertRepository.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/attributes/AttributeKvInsertRepository.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class AttributeKvInsertRepository {
     @Autowired
     private TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate;
 
-    @Value("${sql.remove_null_chars}")
+    @Value("${sql.remove_null_chars:true}")
     private boolean removeNullChars;
 
     protected void saveOrUpdate(List<AttributeKvEntity> entities) {
diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sqlts/insert/AbstractInsertRepository.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sqlts/insert/AbstractInsertRepository.java
index 77c59c5f21..490293860c 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sqlts/insert/AbstractInsertRepository.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sqlts/insert/AbstractInsertRepository.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractInsertRepository {
     private static final ThreadLocal<Pattern> PATTERN_THREAD_LOCAL = ThreadLocal.withInitial(() -> Pattern.compile(String.valueOf(Character.MIN_VALUE)));
     private static final String EMPTY_STR = "";
 
-    @Value("${sql.remove_null_chars}")
+    @Value("${sql.remove_null_chars:true}")
     private boolean removeNullChars;
 
     @Autowired