diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7aa58ba..0f324d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.tidesdb</groupId>
     <artifactId>tidesdb-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.6.1</version>
+    <version>0.6.2</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>TidesDB Java</name>
diff --git a/src/main/c/com_tidesdb_TidesDB.c b/src/main/c/com_tidesdb_TidesDB.c
index cef7a40..0cc13e4 100644
--- a/src/main/c/com_tidesdb_TidesDB.c
+++ b/src/main/c/com_tidesdb_TidesDB.c
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_com_tidesdb_TidesDB_nativeCreateColumnFamily(
         strncpy(config.comparator_name, compName, TDB_MAX_COMPARATOR_NAME - 1);
     }
 
+    memset(config.comparator_ctx_str, 0, TDB_MAX_COMPARATOR_CTX);
+    config.comparator_fn_cached = NULL;
+    config.comparator_ctx_cached = NULL;
+
     int result = tidesdb_create_column_family(db, cfName, &config);
 
     (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, name, cfName);