diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/common/standard-objects/message-channel-message-association.workspace-entity.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/common/standard-objects/message-channel-message-association.workspace-entity.ts
index 8dc839927..162a48c8f 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/common/standard-objects/message-channel-message-association.workspace-entity.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/common/standard-objects/message-channel-message-association.workspace-entity.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export class MessageChannelMessageAssociationWorkspaceEntity extends BaseWorkspa
         color: 'blue',
       },
     ],
-    defaultValue: MessageDirection.INCOMING,
+    defaultValue: `'${MessageDirection.INCOMING}'`,
   })
   direction: MessageDirection;
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/message-import-manager/jobs/messaging-ongoing-stale.job.ts b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/message-import-manager/jobs/messaging-ongoing-stale.job.ts
index a2d47cc97..20d23e71a 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/message-import-manager/jobs/messaging-ongoing-stale.job.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/src/modules/messaging/message-import-manager/jobs/messaging-ongoing-stale.job.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class MessagingOngoingStaleJob {
           `Sync for message channel ${messageChannel.id} and workspace ${workspaceId} is stale. Setting sync stage to MESSAGES_IMPORT_PENDING`,
         );
 
-        await this.messagingChannelSyncStatusService.resetSyncStageStartedAt(
+        await this.messageChannelSyncStatusService.resetSyncStageStartedAt(
           messageChannel.id,
         );