diff --git a/modules/module-mongodb/src/api/MongoRouteAPIAdapter.ts b/modules/module-mongodb/src/api/MongoRouteAPIAdapter.ts
index 589870f66..e96cc8cb8 100644
--- a/modules/module-mongodb/src/api/MongoRouteAPIAdapter.ts
+++ b/modules/module-mongodb/src/api/MongoRouteAPIAdapter.ts
@@ -255,10 +255,13 @@ export class MongoRouteAPIAdapter implements api.RouteAPI {
       }
     }
     return [...columns.entries()].map(([key, value]) => {
+      const internal_type = value.bsonTypes.size == 0 ? '' : [...value.bsonTypes].join(' | ');
       return {
         name: key,
+        type: internal_type,
         sqlite_type: value.sqliteType.typeFlags,
-        internal_type: value.bsonTypes.size == 0 ? '' : [...value.bsonTypes].join(' | ')
+        internal_type,
+        pg_type: internal_type
       };
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions.ts
index 9f176c62a..dc3bdf879 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/definitions.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions.ts
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ export const TableSchema = t.object({
        * Full type name, e.g. "character varying(255)[]"
        * @deprecated - use internal_type
        */
-      type: t.string.optional(),
+      type: t.string,
 
       /**
        * Internal postgres type, e.g. "varchar[]".
        * @deprecated - use internal_type instead
        */
-      pg_type: t.string.optional()
+      pg_type: t.string
     })
   )
 });