diff --git a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
index c971c3f692..d65d61e9d7 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ func getColName(overrides map[string]string, name string) string {
 	return name
 }
 
+func getClickhouseTypeForNumericColumn(column *protos.FieldDescription) string {
+	rawPrecision, _ := datatypes.ParseNumericTypmod(column.TypeModifier)
+	if rawPrecision > datatypes.PeerDBClickHouseMaxPrecision {
+		return "String"
+	} else {
+		precision, scale := datatypes.GetNumericTypeForWarehouse(column.TypeModifier, datatypes.ClickHouseNumericCompatibility{})
+		return fmt.Sprintf("Decimal(%d, %d)", precision, scale)
+	}
+}
+
 func generateCreateTableSQLForNormalizedTable(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	config *protos.SetupNormalizedTableBatchInput,
@@ -129,8 +139,7 @@ func generateCreateTableSQLForNormalizedTable(
 
 		if clickHouseType == "" {
 			if colType == qvalue.QValueKindNumeric {
-				precision, scale := datatypes.GetNumericTypeForWarehouse(column.TypeModifier, datatypes.ClickHouseNumericCompatibility{})
-				clickHouseType = fmt.Sprintf("Decimal(%d, %d)", precision, scale)
+				clickHouseType = getClickhouseTypeForNumericColumn(column)
 			} else {
 				var err error
 				clickHouseType, err = colType.ToDWHColumnType(protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE)
@@ -323,8 +332,7 @@ func (c *ClickHouseConnector) NormalizeRecords(
 			colSelector.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("`%s`,", dstColName))
 			if clickHouseType == "" {
 				if colType == qvalue.QValueKindNumeric {
-					precision, scale := datatypes.GetNumericTypeForWarehouse(column.TypeModifier, datatypes.ClickHouseNumericCompatibility{})
-					clickHouseType = fmt.Sprintf("Decimal(%d, %d)", precision, scale)
+					clickHouseType = getClickhouseTypeForNumericColumn(column)
 				} else {
 					var err error
 					clickHouseType, err = colType.ToDWHColumnType(protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE)
diff --git a/flow/datatypes/numeric.go b/flow/datatypes/numeric.go
index 6c57071484..56c1b17839 100644
--- a/flow/datatypes/numeric.go
+++ b/flow/datatypes/numeric.go
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ const (
 	PeerDBBigQueryScale   = 20
 	PeerDBSnowflakeScale  = 20
 	PeerDBClickHouseScale = 38
-	VARHDRSZ              = 4
+
+	PeerDBClickHouseMaxPrecision = 76
+	VARHDRSZ                     = 4
 )
 
 type WarehouseNumericCompatibility interface {
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ type WarehouseNumericCompatibility interface {
 type ClickHouseNumericCompatibility struct{}
 
 func (ClickHouseNumericCompatibility) MaxPrecision() int16 {
-	return 76
+	return PeerDBClickHouseMaxPrecision
 }
 
 func (ClickHouseNumericCompatibility) MaxScale() int16 {
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index 891fe55365..e1eafd6b4b 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package e2e_clickhouse
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
@@ -93,13 +92,9 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) GetRows(table string, cols string) (*model.QRecordBatch
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	firstCol, _, _ := strings.Cut(cols, ",")
-	if firstCol == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("no columns specified")
-	}
 	rows, err := ch.Query(
 		context.Background(),
-		fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT %s FROM %s FINAL WHERE _peerdb_is_deleted = 0 ORDER BY %s SETTINGS use_query_cache = false`, cols, table, firstCol),
+		fmt.Sprintf(`SELECT %s FROM %s FINAL WHERE _peerdb_is_deleted = 0 ORDER BY 1 SETTINGS use_query_cache = false`, cols, table),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
index 4dcee7feb5..3cf1f97597 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/clickhouse/peer_flow_ch_test.go
@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"embed"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/shopspring/decimal"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/e2e"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/e2eshared"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model"
+	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model/qvalue"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/shared"
 	peerflow "github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/workflows"
 )
@@ -499,3 +502,59 @@ func (s ClickHouseSuite) Test_Weird_Table_And_Column() {
 	env.Cancel()
 	e2e.RequireEnvCanceled(s.t, env)
 }
+
+// large NUMERICs (precision >76) are mapped to String on CH, test
+func (s ClickHouseSuite) Test_Large_Numeric() {
+	srcFullName := s.attachSchemaSuffix("lnumeric")
+	dstTableName := "lnumeric"
+
+	_, err := s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
+		CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s(
+			id INT PRIMARY KEY GENERATED BY DEFAULT AS IDENTITY,
+			c1 NUMERIC(76,0),
+			c2 NUMERIC(78,0)
+		);
+	`, srcFullName))
+	require.NoError(s.t, err)
+
+	_, err = s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
+	INSERT INTO %s(c1,c2) VALUES(%s,%s);`, srcFullName, strings.Repeat("7", 76), strings.Repeat("9", 78)))
+	require.NoError(s.t, err)
+
+	connectionGen := e2e.FlowConnectionGenerationConfig{
+		FlowJobName:      s.attachSuffix("clickhouse_test_large_numerics"),
+		TableNameMapping: map[string]string{srcFullName: dstTableName},
+		Destination:      s.Peer().Name,
+	}
+	flowConnConfig := connectionGen.GenerateFlowConnectionConfigs(s.t)
+	flowConnConfig.DoInitialSnapshot = true
+	tc := e2e.NewTemporalClient(s.t)
+	env := e2e.ExecutePeerflow(tc, peerflow.CDCFlowWorkflow, flowConnConfig, nil)
+	e2e.SetupCDCFlowStatusQuery(s.t, env, flowConnConfig)
+
+	e2e.EnvWaitForCount(env, s, "waiting for CDC count", dstTableName, "id,c1,c2", 1)
+
+	_, err = s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
+	INSERT INTO %s(c1,c2) VALUES(%s,%s);`, srcFullName, strings.Repeat("7", 76), strings.Repeat("9", 78)))
+	require.NoError(s.t, err)
+
+	e2e.EnvWaitForCount(env, s, "waiting for CDC count", dstTableName, "id,c1,c2", 2)
+
+	rows, err := s.GetRows(dstTableName, "c1,c2")
+	require.NoError(s.t, err)
+	require.Len(s.t, rows.Records, 2, "expected 2 rows")
+	for _, row := range rows.Records {
+		require.Len(s.t, row, 2, "expected 2 columns")
+		require.Equal(s.t, qvalue.QValueKindNumeric, row[0].Kind(), "expected NUMERIC(76,0) to be Decimal")
+		require.Equal(s.t, qvalue.QValueKindString, row[1].Kind(), "expected NUMERIC(78,0) to be String")
+		c1, ok := row[0].Value().(decimal.Decimal)
+		require.True(s.t, ok, "expected NUMERIC(76,0) to be Decimal")
+		require.Equal(s.t, strings.Repeat("7", 76), c1.String(), "expected NUMERIC(76,0) to be 7s")
+		c2, ok := row[1].Value().(string)
+		require.True(s.t, ok, "expected NUMERIC(78,0) to be String")
+		require.Equal(s.t, strings.Repeat("9", 78), c2, "expected NUMERIC(78,0) to be 9s")
+	}
+
+	env.Cancel()
+	e2e.RequireEnvCanceled(s.t, env)
+}
diff --git a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
index 2eca0520c9..9dadc49852 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/test_utils.go
@@ -168,6 +168,30 @@ func EnvWaitForEqualTablesWithNames(
 	})
 }
 
+func EnvWaitForCount(
+	env WorkflowRun,
+	suite RowSource,
+	reason string,
+	dstTable string,
+	cols string,
+	expectedCount int,
+) {
+	t := suite.T()
+	t.Helper()
+
+	EnvWaitFor(t, env, 3*time.Minute, reason, func() bool {
+		t.Helper()
+
+		rows, err := suite.GetRows(dstTable, cols)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Log(err)
+			return false
+		}
+
+		return len(rows.Records) == expectedCount
+	})
+}
+
 func RequireEnvCanceled(t *testing.T, env WorkflowRun) {
 	t.Helper()
 	EnvWaitForFinished(t, env, time.Minute)
diff --git a/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go b/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
index c2382e5b0c..9738f46e8f 100644
--- a/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
+++ b/flow/model/qvalue/avro_converter.go
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ func GetAvroSchemaFromQValueKind(kind QValueKind, targetDWH protos.DBType, preci
 		}
 		return "bytes", nil
 	case QValueKindNumeric:
+		if targetDWH == protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE &&
+			precision > datatypes.PeerDBClickHouseMaxPrecision {
+			return "string", nil
+		}
 		avroNumericPrecision, avroNumericScale := DetermineNumericSettingForDWH(precision, scale, targetDWH)
 		return AvroSchemaNumeric{
 			Type:        "bytes",
@@ -454,6 +458,12 @@ func (c *QValueAvroConverter) processNumeric(num decimal.Decimal) interface{} {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if c.TargetDWH == protos.DBType_CLICKHOUSE &&
+		c.Precision > datatypes.PeerDBClickHouseMaxPrecision {
+		// no error returned
+		numStr, _ := c.processNullableUnion("string", num.String())
+		return numStr
+	}
 	rat := num.Rat()
 	if c.Nullable {
 		return goavro.Union("bytes.decimal", rat)