diff --git a/src/Migrator.Tests/Providers/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQLTransformationProvider_GetColumnsDefaultValueTests.cs b/src/Migrator.Tests/Providers/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQLTransformationProvider_GetColumnsDefaultValueTests.cs
index 3bbc9237..fc5f1931 100644
--- a/src/Migrator.Tests/Providers/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQLTransformationProvider_GetColumnsDefaultValueTests.cs
+++ b/src/Migrator.Tests/Providers/PostgreSQL/PostgreSQLTransformationProvider_GetColumnsDefaultValueTests.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class PostgreSQLTransformationProvider_GetColumnsDefaultTypeTests : Postg
     private const decimal DecimalDefaultValue = 14.56565m;
 
     [Test]
-    public void GetColumns_DataTypeResolveSucceeds()
+    public void GetColumns_DefaultValues_Succeeds()
     {
         // Arrange
         var dateTimeDefaultValue = new DateTime(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, DateTimeKind.Utc);
@@ -71,4 +71,48 @@ public void GetColumns_DataTypeResolveSucceeds()
         Assert.That(stringColumn1.DefaultValue, Is.EqualTo("Hello"));
         Assert.That(binarycolumn1.DefaultValue, Is.EqualTo(new byte[] { 12, 32, 34 }));
     }
+
+    // 1 will coerce to true on inserts but not for default values in Postgre SQL - same for 0 to false
+    // so we do not test it here
+    [TestCase("true", true)]
+    [TestCase("TRUE", true)]
+    [TestCase("t", true)]
+    [TestCase("T", true)]
+    [TestCase("yes", true)]
+    [TestCase("YES", true)]
+    [TestCase("y", true)]
+    [TestCase("Y", true)]
+    [TestCase("on", true)]
+    [TestCase("ON", true)]
+    [TestCase("false", false)]
+    [TestCase("FALSE", false)]
+    [TestCase("f", false)]
+    [TestCase("F", false)]
+    [TestCase("false", false)]
+    [TestCase("FALSE", false)]
+    [TestCase("n", false)]
+    [TestCase("N", false)]
+    [TestCase("off", false)]
+    [TestCase("OFF", false)]
+    public void GetColumns_DefaultValueBooleanValues_Succeeds(object inboundBooleanDefaultValue, bool outboundBooleanDefaultValue)
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var dateTimeDefaultValue = new DateTime(2000, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+        var guidDefaultValue = Guid.NewGuid();
+
+        const string testTableName = "MyDefaultTestTable";
+        const string booleanColumnName1 = "booleancolumn1";
+
+        Provider.AddTable(testTableName,
+            new Column(booleanColumnName1, DbType.Boolean) { DefaultValue = inboundBooleanDefaultValue }
+        );
+
+        // Act
+        var columns = Provider.GetColumns(testTableName);
+
+        // Assert
+        var booleanColumn1 = columns.Single(x => x.Name == booleanColumnName1);
+
+        Assert.That(booleanColumn1.DefaultValue, Is.EqualTo(outboundBooleanDefaultValue));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Migrator/Framework/Column.cs b/src/Migrator/Framework/Column.cs
index 765a98ac..3a444a20 100644
--- a/src/Migrator/Framework/Column.cs
+++ b/src/Migrator/Framework/Column.cs
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public object DefaultValue
             {
                 if (defaultValueDateTime.Kind != DateTimeKind.Utc)
                 {
-                    throw new Exception("We only accept UTC values as default DateTime values.");
+                    throw new Exception("Only UTC values are accepted as default DateTime values.");
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Migrator/Providers/TransformationProvider.cs b/src/Migrator/Providers/TransformationProvider.cs
index f7f6b9e6..b06d0a25 100644
--- a/src/Migrator/Providers/TransformationProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Migrator/Providers/TransformationProvider.cs
@@ -1721,6 +1721,7 @@ public virtual string QuoteColumnNameIfRequired(string name)
         {
             return Dialect.Quote(name);
         }
+
         return name;
     }
 
@@ -1730,6 +1731,7 @@ public virtual string QuoteTableNameIfRequired(string name)
         {
             return Dialect.Quote(name);
         }
+
         return name;
     }
 
@@ -1793,7 +1795,7 @@ public virtual void AddColumnDefaultValue(string table, string column, object de
         }
 
         table = QuoteTableNameIfRequired(table);
-        column = this.QuoteColumnNameIfRequired(column);
+        column = QuoteColumnNameIfRequired(column);
         var def = Dialect.Default(defaultValue);
         ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format("ALTER TABLE {0} ADD DEFAULT('{1}') FOR {2}", table, def, column));
     }