diff --git a/src/lib/data/sql-export/export-sql-script.ts b/src/lib/data/sql-export/export-sql-script.ts
index fc4a043c..d7b5e21d 100644
--- a/src/lib/data/sql-export/export-sql-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/data/sql-export/export-sql-script.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,55 @@ import { exportSQLite } from './export-per-type/sqlite';
 import { exportMySQL } from './export-per-type/mysql';
 import { escapeSQLComment } from './export-per-type/common';
 
+// Function to format default values with proper quoting
+const formatDefaultValue = (value: string): string => {
+    const trimmed = value.trim();
+
+    // SQL keywords and function-like keywords that don't need quotes
+    const keywords = [
+        'TRUE',
+        'FALSE',
+        'NULL',
+        'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
+        'CURRENT_DATE',
+        'CURRENT_TIME',
+        'NOW',
+        'GETDATE',
+        'NEWID',
+        'UUID',
+    ];
+    if (keywords.includes(trimmed.toUpperCase())) {
+        return trimmed;
+    }
+
+    // Function calls (contain parentheses) don't need quotes
+    if (trimmed.includes('(') && trimmed.includes(')')) {
+        return trimmed;
+    }
+
+    // Numbers don't need quotes
+    if (/^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$/.test(trimmed)) {
+        return trimmed;
+    }
+
+    // Already quoted strings - keep as is
+    if (
+        (trimmed.startsWith("'") && trimmed.endsWith("'")) ||
+        (trimmed.startsWith('"') && trimmed.endsWith('"'))
+    ) {
+        return trimmed;
+    }
+
+    // Check if it's a simple identifier (alphanumeric, no spaces) that might be a currency or enum
+    // These typically don't have spaces and are short (< 10 chars)
+    if (/^[A-Z][A-Z0-9_]*$/i.test(trimmed) && trimmed.length <= 10) {
+        return trimmed; // Treat as unquoted identifier (e.g., EUR, USD)
+    }
+
+    // Everything else needs to be quoted and escaped
+    return `'${trimmed.replace(/'/g, "''")}'`;
+};
+
 // Function to simplify verbose data type names
 const simplifyDataType = (typeName: string): string => {
     const typeMap: Record<string, string> = {};
@@ -391,7 +440,9 @@ export const exportBaseSQL = ({
                         }
                     }
 
-                    sqlScript += ` DEFAULT ${fieldDefault}`;
+                    // Format default value with proper quoting
+                    const formattedDefault = formatDefaultValue(fieldDefault);
+                    sqlScript += ` DEFAULT ${formattedDefault}`;
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/__tests__/dbml-import-cases.test.ts b/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/__tests__/dbml-import-cases.test.ts
index ef8f5dec..170fc02b 100644
--- a/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/__tests__/dbml-import-cases.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/__tests__/dbml-import-cases.test.ts
@@ -295,4 +295,51 @@ describe('DBML Import cases', () => {
     it('should handle case 2 - tables with relationships', async () => {
         await testDBMLImportCase('2');
     });
+
+    it('should handle table with default values', async () => {
+        const dbmlContent = `Table "public"."products" {
+  "id" bigint [pk, not null]
+  "name" varchar(255) [not null]
+  "price" decimal(10,2) [not null, default: 0]
+  "is_active" boolean [not null, default: true]
+  "status" varchar(50) [not null, default: "deprecated"]
+  "description" varchar(100) [default: \`complex "value" with quotes\`]
+  "created_at" timestamp [not null, default: "now()"]
+
+  Indexes {
+    (name) [name: "idx_products_name"]
+  }
+}`;
+
+        const result = await importDBMLToDiagram(dbmlContent, {
+            databaseType: DatabaseType.POSTGRESQL,
+        });
+
+        expect(result.tables).toHaveLength(1);
+        const table = result.tables![0];
+        expect(table.name).toBe('products');
+        expect(table.fields).toHaveLength(7);
+
+        // Check numeric default (0)
+        const priceField = table.fields.find((f) => f.name === 'price');
+        expect(priceField?.default).toBe('0');
+
+        // Check boolean default (true)
+        const isActiveField = table.fields.find((f) => f.name === 'is_active');
+        expect(isActiveField?.default).toBe('true');
+
+        // Check string default with all quotes removed
+        const statusField = table.fields.find((f) => f.name === 'status');
+        expect(statusField?.default).toBe('deprecated');
+
+        // Check backtick string - all quotes removed
+        const descField = table.fields.find((f) => f.name === 'description');
+        expect(descField?.default).toBe('complex value with quotes');
+
+        // Check function default with all quotes removed
+        const createdAtField = table.fields.find(
+            (f) => f.name === 'created_at'
+        );
+        expect(createdAtField?.default).toBe('now()');
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/dbml-import.ts b/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/dbml-import.ts
index 9ac25d84..b9c7b33d 100644
--- a/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/dbml-import.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dbml/dbml-import/dbml-import.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ interface DBMLField {
     precision?: number | null;
     scale?: number | null;
     note?: string | { value: string } | null;
+    default?: string | null;
 }
 
 interface DBMLIndexColumn {
@@ -334,6 +335,20 @@ export const importDBMLToDiagram = async (
                         schema: schemaName,
                         note: table.note,
                         fields: table.fields.map((field): DBMLField => {
+                            // Extract default value and remove all quotes
+                            let defaultValue: string | undefined;
+                            if (
+                                field.dbdefault !== undefined &&
+                                field.dbdefault !== null
+                            ) {
+                                const rawDefault = String(
+                                    field.dbdefault.value
+                                );
+                                // Remove ALL quotes (single, double, backticks) to clean the value
+                                // The SQL export layer will handle adding proper quotes when needed
+                                defaultValue = rawDefault.replace(/['"`]/g, '');
+                            }
+
                             return {
                                 name: field.name,
                                 type: field.type,
@@ -342,6 +357,7 @@ export const importDBMLToDiagram = async (
                                 not_null: field.not_null,
                                 increment: field.increment,
                                 note: field.note,
+                                default: defaultValue,
                                 ...getFieldExtraAttributes(field, allEnums),
                             } satisfies DBMLField;
                         }),
@@ -488,6 +504,7 @@ export const importDBMLToDiagram = async (
                     precision: field.precision,
                     scale: field.scale,
                     ...(fieldComment ? { comments: fieldComment } : {}),
+                    ...(field.default ? { default: field.default } : {}),
                 };
             });