diff --git a/lib/adapters/mysql.js b/lib/adapters/mysql.js
index 6769f69e..b27963e3 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/mysql.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/mysql.js
@@ -445,24 +445,23 @@ MySQL.prototype.propertySettingsSQL = function (model, prop) {
 };
 
 function datatype(p) {
-	var dt = '';
+    var dt = '';
     switch (p.type.name) {
         case 'String':
         dt = 'VARCHAR(' + (p.limit || 255) + ')';
-		break;
+        break;
         case 'Text':
         dt = 'TEXT';
-		break;
+        break;
         case 'Number':
         dt = 'INT(' + (p.limit || 11) + ')';
-		break;
+        break;
         case 'Date':
         dt = 'DATETIME';
-		break;
+        break;
         case 'Boolean':
         dt = 'TINYINT(1)';
-		break;
-	}
-	dt += (typeof p.default !== 'undefined') ? ' DEFAULT ' + p.default.toString() : '';
-	return dt;
+        break;
+    }
+    return dt;
 }
diff --git a/test/common_test.js b/test/common_test.js
index fb5305c4..a5cb562c 100644
--- a/test/common_test.js
+++ b/test/common_test.js
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ function testOrm(schema) {
             test.ok(post.published === false);
             post.updateAttributes({title: 'hey', published: true}, function () {
                 Post.find(id, function (err, post) {
-                    test.ok(post.published === true);
+                    test.ok(!!post.published, 'Update boolean field');
                     test.ok(post.id);
                     test.done();
                 });