diff --git a/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfig.scala
index 52c9122..90bba74 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfig.scala
@@ -19,13 +19,14 @@ package za.co.absa.standardization.config
 import za.co.absa.standardization.RecordIdGeneration
 
 trait MetadataColumnsConfig {
-  val addColumns: Boolean
-  val prefix: String
-  val recordIdStrategy: RecordIdGeneration.IdType
+  def addColumns: Boolean
+  def prefix: String
+  def recordIdStrategy: RecordIdGeneration.IdType
 
-  val infoDateColumn = prefix + "_info_date"
-  val infoDateColumnString = s"${infoDateColumn}_string"
-  val reportDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
-  val infoVersionColumn = prefix + "_info_version"
-  val recordId = prefix + "_record_id"
+  def reportDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
+
+  def infoDateColumn = prefix + "_info_date"
+  def infoDateColumnString = s"${infoDateColumn}_string"
+  def infoVersionColumn = prefix + "_info_version"
+  def recordId = prefix + "_record_id"
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfigTest.scala b/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfigTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49b2bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/config/MetadataColumnsConfigTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package za.co.absa.standardization.config
+
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuiteLike
+import za.co.absa.standardization.RecordIdGeneration
+import za.co.absa.standardization.types.CommonTypeDefaults
+
+class MetadataColumnsConfigTest extends AnyFunSuiteLike {
+
+  test("Test DefaultStandardizationConfig") {
+    val conf = DefaultStandardizationConfig
+    assert(conf.errorColumn == "errCol")
+    assert(!conf.failOnInputNotPerSchema)
+    assert(conf.timezone == "UTC")
+
+    assert(conf.errorCodes.castError == "E00000")
+    assert(conf.errorCodes.nullError == "E00002")
+    assert(conf.errorCodes.typeError == "E00006")
+    assert(conf.errorCodes.schemaError == "E00007")
+
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.addColumns)
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.prefix == "standardization")
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.recordIdStrategy == RecordIdGeneration.IdType.TrueUuids)
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.reportDateFormat == "yyyy-MM-dd")
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.infoDateColumn == "standardization_info_date")
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.infoDateColumnString == "standardization_info_date_string")
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.infoVersionColumn == "standardization_info_version")
+    assert(conf.metadataColumns.recordId == "standardization_record_id")
+
+    assert(conf.typeDefaults == CommonTypeDefaults)
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/interpreter/StandardizationInterpreterSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/interpreter/StandardizationInterpreterSuite.scala
index 93c4352..bd8d31b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/interpreter/StandardizationInterpreterSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/standardization/interpreter/StandardizationInterpreterSuite.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import za.co.absa.spark.commons.implicits.DataFrameImplicits.DataFrameEnhancemen
 import za.co.absa.spark.commons.test.SparkTestBase
 import za.co.absa.spark.commons.utils.JsonUtils
 import za.co.absa.standardization.RecordIdGeneration.IdType.NoId
-import za.co.absa.standardization.config.{BasicMetadataColumnsConfig, BasicStandardizationConfig, ErrorCodesConfig}
+import za.co.absa.standardization.config.{BasicMetadataColumnsConfig, BasicStandardizationConfig, DefaultStandardizationConfig, ErrorCodesConfig}
 import za.co.absa.standardization.types.{CommonTypeDefaults, TypeDefaults}
 import za.co.absa.standardization.udf.UDFLibrary
 import za.co.absa.standardization._
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ class StandardizationInterpreterSuite extends AnyFunSuite with SparkTestBase wit
         Seq(
           StructField("yourRef", StringType, nullable = false))), nullable = false)))
 
-    val standardizedDF = Standardization.standardize(orig, schema, stdConfig)
+    val standardizedDF = Standardization.standardize(orig, schema)
 
+    assert(standardizedDF.schema.treeString.contains("standardization_record_id"))
     assertResult(exp)(standardizedDF.as[MyWrapperStd].collect().toList)
   }
 
@@ -170,8 +171,9 @@ class StandardizationInterpreterSuite extends AnyFunSuite with SparkTestBase wit
       StructField("errCol",
         ArrayType(
           ErrorMessage.errorColSchema, containsNull = false)))
+      .add(StructField("standardization_record_id", StringType, nullable = false))
 
-    val standardizedDF = Standardization.standardize(sourceDF, stdExpectedSchema, stdConfig)
+    val standardizedDF = Standardization.standardize(sourceDF, stdExpectedSchema)
 
     logger.debug(standardizedDF.schema.treeString)
     logger.debug(expectedSchema.treeString)