diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index f0523815..8d9165ec 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 0.9.7
+
+* Adding `patio.parseInt8` and `patio.defaultPrimaryKeyType` options.
+
 # 0.9.6
 
 * Lowering comb-proxy dependency.
diff --git a/docs/History.html b/docs/History.html
index 768ab5da..1abf48f0 100644
--- a/docs/History.html
+++ b/docs/History.html
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@
 
 
 
+<h1 id="0-9-7">0.9.7</h1>
+<ul>
+<li>Adding <code>patio.parseInt8</code> and <code>patio.defaultPrimaryKeyType</code> options.</li>
+</ul>
+<h1 id="0-9-6">0.9.6</h1>
+<ul>
+<li>Lowering comb-proxy dependency.</li>
+</ul>
 <h1 id="0-9-5">0.9.5</h1>
 <ul>
 <li>Remove <code>id</code> key from being created in a JsonArray</li>
diff --git a/docs/patio.html b/docs/patio.html
index 8355bbb2..e69489eb 100644
--- a/docs/patio.html
+++ b/docs/patio.html
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@
 
 patio.camelize = true;
 patio.quoteIdentifiers=false;
+patio.parseInt8=false
+patio.defaultPrimaryKeyType = &quot;integer&quot; //&quot;bigint&quot;
 
 patio.createModel(&quot;my_table&quot;);
 
@@ -699,6 +701,8 @@
 </td><tr><tr><td>defaultDatabase</td><td>patio.Database</td><td><code>
 null
              </code></td><td><p>Returns the default database. This is the first database created using <a href='./patio.html#connect'> patio#connect</a>.</p>
+</td><tr><tr><td>defaultPrimaryKeyType</td><td>String</td><td></td><td><p>Set the default primary key type when not specified for all databases by default. By default,
+patio uses &quot;integer&quot;.</p>
 </td><tr><tr><td>identifierInputMethod</td><td>String</td><td></td><td><p>Set the method to call on identifiers going into the database.  This affects
 how identifiers are sent to the database. So if you use camelCased and the db identifiers are all underscored
 use camelize. The method can include</p>
@@ -722,6 +726,8 @@
     <li>Other String instance method names.</li>
 </ul>
 most database implementations in patio use toLowerCase</p>
+</td><tr><tr><td>parseInt8</td><td>Boolean</td><td></td><td><p>Sets whether bigint types should be parsed to a number. An error will be thrown if set and the number is
+set and the number is greater than 2^53 or less than -2^53.</p>
 </td><tr><tr><td>quoteIdentifiers</td><td>Boolean</td><td></td><td><p>Set whether to quote identifiers for all databases by default. By default,
 patio quotes identifiers in all SQL strings.</p>
 </td><tr><tr><td>underscore</td><td>function</td><td></td><td><p>Sets the whether or not to underscore identifiers coming from the database and to camelize
diff --git a/docs/patio_AlterTableGenerator.html b/docs/patio_AlterTableGenerator.html
index 2b2fefa7..49653d43 100644
--- a/docs/patio_AlterTableGenerator.html
+++ b/docs/patio_AlterTableGenerator.html
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ <h3>
    if (isArray(name)) {
        return this.__addCompositeForeignKey(name, table, opts);
    } else {
-       return this.addColumn(name, &quot;integer&quot;, merge({table:table}, opts));
+       return this.addColumn(name, this.db.defaultPrimaryKeyType, merge({table:table}, opts));
    }
            
 }
diff --git a/docs/patio_Database.html b/docs/patio_Database.html
index 5bd80601..92037024 100644
--- a/docs/patio_Database.html
+++ b/docs/patio_Database.html
@@ -1787,6 +1787,12 @@
                
 }</code></td><td><p>The default options for the connection pool.</p>
 </td><tr><tr><td>dataset</td><td>patio.Dataset</td><td></td><td><p>returns an empty adapter specific <a href='./patio_Dataset.html#'> patio.Dataset</a> that can be used to query the <a href='./patio_Database.html#'> patio.Database</a> with.</p>
+</td><tr><tr><td>defaultPrimaryKeyType</td><td>String</td><td><code>
+"integer"
+             </code></td><td><p>Default type for primary/foreign keys when a type is not specified.</p>
+</td><tr><tr><td>defaultPrimaryKeyTypeDefault</td><td>String</td><td><code>
+"integer"
+             </code></td><td><p>Default type for primary/foreign keys when a type is not specified.</p>
 </td><tr><tr><td>defaultSchemaDefault</td><td>{String|patio.sql.Identifier}</td><td><code>function (){
    return null;
                
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5d103a56..16373f5a 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "patio",
     "description": "Patio query engine and ORM",
-    "version": "0.9.6",
+    "version": "0.9.7",
     "keywords": [
         "ORM",
         "object relation mapper",