diff --git a/tbl_create.php b/tbl_create.php
index 2810e0d3cb..cdad8bafc3 100644
--- a/tbl_create.php
+++ b/tbl_create.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['submit_num_fields'])) {
 } elseif (isset($_REQUEST['num_fields']) && intval($_REQUEST['num_fields']) > 0) {
     $num_fields = (int) $_REQUEST['num_fields'];
 } else {
-    $num_fields = 2;
+    $num_fields = 4;
 }
 
 /**