diff --git a/src/solver/type_getters.jl b/src/solver/type_getters.jl
index b267cb5d1d5..45144d6ccc4 100644
--- a/src/solver/type_getters.jl
+++ b/src/solver/type_getters.jl
@@ -199,26 +199,17 @@ function get_spaces(parsed_args, params, comms_ctx)
     elseif parsed_args["config"] == "column" # single column
         @warn "perturb_initstate flag is ignored for single column configuration"
         FT = eltype(params)
-        Δx = FT(1) # Note: This value shouldn't matter, since we only have 1 column.
-        quad = Quadratures.GL{1}()
-        horizontal_mesh = periodic_rectangle_mesh(;
-            x_max = Δx,
-            y_max = Δx,
-            x_elem = 1,
-            y_elem = 1,
-        )
-        if bubble
+        quad = nothing
+        horizontal_mesh = nothing
+        bubble &&
             @warn "Bubble correction not compatible with single column configuration. It will be switched off."
-            bubble = false
-        end
-        h_space =
-            make_horizontal_space(horizontal_mesh, quad, comms_ctx, bubble)
         z_stretch = if parsed_args["z_stretch"]
             Meshes.HyperbolicTangentStretching(dz_bottom)
         else
             Meshes.Uniform()
         end
-        make_hybrid_spaces(h_space, z_max, z_elem, z_stretch; parsed_args)
+        # make_hybrid_spaces(h_space, z_max, z_elem, z_stretch; parsed_args)
+        make_column_spaces(z_max, z_elem, z_stretch, comms_ctx)
     elseif parsed_args["config"] == "box"
         FT = eltype(params)
         nh_poly = parsed_args["nh_poly"]
diff --git a/src/utils/common_spaces.jl b/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
index 7feb5f38059..2a20b903e5a 100644
--- a/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
+++ b/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
@@ -56,6 +56,29 @@ function make_horizontal_space(
     return space
 end
 
+function make_column_spaces(
+    z_max,
+    z_elem,
+    z_stretch,
+    comms_ctx::ClimaComms.SingletonCommsContext,
+)
+    z_domain = Domains.IntervalDomain(
+        Geometry.ZPoint(zero(z_max)),
+        Geometry.ZPoint(z_max);
+        boundary_names = (:bottom, :top),
+    )
+    z_mesh = Meshes.IntervalMesh(z_domain, z_stretch; nelems = z_elem)
+    @info "z heights" z_mesh.faces
+    device = ClimaComms.device(comms_ctx)
+    z_topology = Topologies.IntervalTopology(
+        ClimaComms.SingletonCommsContext(device),
+        z_mesh,
+    )
+    cspace = Spaces.CenterFiniteDifferenceSpace(z_topology)
+    fspace = Spaces.CenterFiniteDifferenceSpace(cspace)
+    return (cspace, fspace)
+end
+
 function make_horizontal_space(mesh, quad, comms_ctx, bubble)
     if mesh isa Meshes.AbstractMesh1D
         error("Distributed mode does not work with 1D horizontal spaces.")