diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/cloud/api/DVCCloudClient.java b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/cloud/api/DVCCloudClient.java
index b23e8f1b..f14e66d6 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/cloud/api/DVCCloudClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/cloud/api/DVCCloudClient.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.api.IDVCApi;
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.exception.DVCException;
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.model.*;
+import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.model.Variable.TypeEnum;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -64,18 +65,21 @@ public <T> Variable<T> variable(User user, String key, T defaultValue) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("defaultValue cannot be null");
     }
 
+    TypeEnum variableType = TypeEnum.fromClass(defaultValue.getClass());
     Variable<T> variable;
 
     try {
       Call<Variable> response = api.getVariableByKey(user, key, dvcOptions.getEnableEdgeDB());
       variable = getResponse(response);
+      variable.setIsDefaulted(false);
     } catch (Exception exception) {
       variable = (Variable<T>) Variable.builder()
-              .key(key)
-              .value(defaultValue)
-              .isDefaulted(true)
-              .reasonUsingDefaultValue(exception.getMessage())
-              .build();
+          .key(key)
+          .type(variableType)
+          .value(defaultValue)
+          .defaultValue(defaultValue)
+          .isDefaulted(true)
+          .build();
     }
     return variable;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/model/Variable.java b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/model/Variable.java
index 30397783..a6ab3f5f 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/model/Variable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/common/model/Variable.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 package com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.model;
 
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class Variable<T> {
-  @Schema(required = true, description = "unique database id")
+  @Schema(required = false, description = "unique database id")
+  @JsonIgnore
   @JsonProperty("_id")
   private String id;
 
@@ -42,13 +44,12 @@ public class Variable<T> {
   @Schema(required = true, description = "Variable type")
   private TypeEnum type;
 
-  @JsonIgnore
+  @Schema(required = true, description = "Variable default value")
+  private T defaultValue;
+
   @Builder.Default
   private Boolean isDefaulted = false;
 
-  @JsonIgnore
-  private String reasonUsingDefaultValue;
-
   public enum TypeEnum {
     STRING("String"),
     BOOLEAN("Boolean"),
@@ -71,13 +72,18 @@ public String toString() {
       return String.valueOf(value);
     }
 
-    public static TypeEnum fromValue(String text) {
-      for (TypeEnum b : TypeEnum.values()) {
-        if (String.valueOf(b.value).equals(text)) {
-          return b;
-        }
+    public static TypeEnum fromClass(Class<?> clazz) {
+      if (clazz == LinkedHashMap.class) {
+        return JSON;
+      } else if (clazz == Boolean.class) {
+        return BOOLEAN;
+      } else if (clazz == Integer.class || clazz == Double.class || clazz == Float.class) {
+        return NUMBER;
+      } else if (clazz == String.class) {
+        return STRING;
+      } else {
+        return null;
       }
-      return null;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/api/DVCLocalClient.java b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/api/DVCLocalClient.java
index b97dbb05..2a49c5f3 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/api/DVCLocalClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/devcycle/sdk/server/local/api/DVCLocalClient.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.model.*;
+import com.devcycle.sdk.server.common.model.Variable.TypeEnum;
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.local.bucketing.LocalBucketing;
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.local.managers.EnvironmentConfigManager;
 import com.devcycle.sdk.server.local.managers.EventQueueManager;
@@ -89,17 +90,24 @@ public <T> Variable<T> variable(User user, String key, T defaultValue) {
       System.out.println("Variable called before DVCClient has initialized, returning default value");
     }
 
+    TypeEnum variableType = TypeEnum.fromClass(defaultValue.getClass());
     Variable<T> defaultVariable = (Variable<T>) Variable.builder()
             .key(key)
+            .type(variableType)
             .value(defaultValue)
+            .defaultValue(defaultValue)
             .isDefaulted(true)
-            .reasonUsingDefaultValue("Variable not found")
             .build();
 
+    if (!isInitialized) {
+      return defaultVariable;
+    }
+
     try {
       BucketedUserConfig bucketedUserConfig = localBucketing.generateBucketedConfig(serverKey, user);
       if (bucketedUserConfig.variables.containsKey(key)) {
         Variable<T> variable = bucketedUserConfig.variables.get(key);
+        variable.setDefaultValue(defaultValue);
         variable.setIsDefaulted(false);
         eventQueueManager.queueAggregateEvent(Event.builder().type("aggVariableEvaluated").target(key).build(), bucketedUserConfig);
         return variable;