diff --git a/app/controllers/api/storage.php b/app/controllers/api/storage.php
index 911481a1c0..7d4361a192 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/storage.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/storage.php
@@ -74,13 +74,14 @@ App::post('/v1/storage/buckets')
     ->inject('response')
     ->inject('dbForProject')
     ->inject('queueForEvents')
-    ->action(function (string $bucketId, string $name, ?array $permissions, bool $fileSecurity, bool $enabled, int $maximumFileSize, array $allowedFileExtensions, ?string $compression, bool $encryption, bool $antivirus, Response $response, Database $dbForProject, Event $queueForEvents) {
+    ->action(function (string $bucketId, string $name, ?array $permissions, bool $fileSecurity, bool $enabled, int $maximumFileSize, array $allowedFileExtensions, ?string $compression, ?bool $encryption, bool $antivirus, Response $response, Database $dbForProject, Event $queueForEvents) {
 
         $bucketId = $bucketId === 'unique()' ? ID::unique() : $bucketId;
 
         // Map aggregate permissions into the multiple permissions they represent.
         $permissions = Permission::aggregate($permissions);
         $compression ??= Compression::NONE;
+        $encryption ??= true;
         try {
             $files = (Config::getParam('collections', [])['buckets'] ?? [])['files'] ?? [];
             if (empty($files)) {
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ App::put('/v1/storage/buckets/:bucketId')
     ->inject('response')
     ->inject('dbForProject')
     ->inject('queueForEvents')
-    ->action(function (string $bucketId, string $name, ?array $permissions, bool $fileSecurity, bool $enabled, ?int $maximumFileSize, array $allowedFileExtensions, ?string $compression, bool $encryption, bool $antivirus, Response $response, Database $dbForProject, Event $queueForEvents) {
+    ->action(function (string $bucketId, string $name, ?array $permissions, bool $fileSecurity, bool $enabled, ?int $maximumFileSize, array $allowedFileExtensions, ?string $compression, ?bool $encryption, bool $antivirus, Response $response, Database $dbForProject, Event $queueForEvents) {
         $bucket = $dbForProject->getDocument('buckets', $bucketId);
 
         if ($bucket->isEmpty()) {