diff --git a/backend/src/entities/widget/utils/validate-create-widgets-ds.ts b/backend/src/entities/widget/utils/validate-create-widgets-ds.ts
index 7d840e192..ff836bebc 100644
--- a/backend/src/entities/widget/utils/validate-create-widgets-ds.ts
+++ b/backend/src/entities/widget/utils/validate-create-widgets-ds.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ export async function validateCreateWidgetsDs(
       ) {
         errors.push(Messages.ENCRYPTION_ALGORITHM_INCORRECT(widgetDS.widget_params['algorithm']));
       }
+      if (widgetDS.widget_params['encrypt'] === undefined) {
+        errors.push(Messages.WIDGET_REQUIRED_PARAMETER_MISSING('encrypt'));
+      }
     }
 
     if (widget_type && widget_type === WidgetTypeEnum.Foreign_key) {
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-widgets/db-table-widgets.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-widgets/db-table-widgets.component.ts
index a4f56314b..4f3c87786 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-widgets/db-table-widgets.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/dashboard/db-table-widgets/db-table-widgets.component.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ export class DbTableWidgetsComponent implements OnInit {
 // example:
 
 {
-  "algorithm": "sha224"
+  "encrypt": true,
+  "algorithm": "sha256"
 }
 
 `,