diff --git a/api/chalicelib/core/custom_metrics.py b/api/chalicelib/core/custom_metrics.py
index d6ebebc76..a2794f22e 100644
--- a/api/chalicelib/core/custom_metrics.py
+++ b/api/chalicelib/core/custom_metrics.py
@@ -228,9 +228,11 @@ def create(project_id, user_id, data: schemas.CreateCustomMetricsSchema, dashboa
         params = {"user_id": user_id, "project_id": project_id, **data.dict(), **_data}
         query = cur.mogrify(f"""\
             WITH m AS (INSERT INTO metrics (project_id, user_id, name, is_public,
-                                    view_type, metric_type, metric_of, metric_value, metric_format)
+                                    view_type, metric_type, metric_of, metric_value,
+                                    metric_format, default_config)
                          VALUES (%(project_id)s, %(user_id)s, %(name)s, %(is_public)s, 
-                                    %(view_type)s, %(metric_type)s, %(metric_of)s, %(metric_value)s, %(metric_format)s)
+                                    %(view_type)s, %(metric_type)s, %(metric_of)s, %(metric_value)s, 
+                                    %(metric_format)s, %(default_config)s)
                          RETURNING *)
             INSERT
             INTO metric_series(metric_id, index, name, filter)
diff --git a/api/schemas.py b/api/schemas.py
index ab063a9b9..5c1a33927 100644
--- a/api/schemas.py
+++ b/api/schemas.py
@@ -874,8 +874,15 @@ class TryCustomMetricsPayloadSchema(CustomMetricChartPayloadSchema):
         alias_generator = attribute_to_camel_case
 
 
+class CustomMetricsConfigSchema(BaseModel):
+    col: Optional[int] = Field(default=2)
+    row: Optional[int] = Field(default=2)
+    position: Optional[int] = Field(default=0)
+
+
 class CreateCustomMetricsSchema(TryCustomMetricsPayloadSchema):
     series: List[CustomMetricCreateSeriesSchema] = Field(..., min_items=1)
+    config: CustomMetricsConfigSchema = Field(default=CustomMetricsConfigSchema())
 
     @root_validator(pre=True)
     def transform_series(cls, values):