diff --git a/src/main/java/org/raml/emitter/RamlEmitter.java b/src/main/java/org/raml/emitter/RamlEmitter.java
index 8df6d938..8680d2b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/raml/emitter/RamlEmitter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/raml/emitter/RamlEmitter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.raml.emitter;
 
+import static java.lang.Boolean.FALSE;
+import static java.lang.Boolean.TRUE;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils.isNotEmpty;
 import static org.raml.parser.utils.ReflectionUtils.isEnum;
 import static org.raml.parser.utils.ReflectionUtils.isPojo;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.raml.model.ParamType;
 import org.raml.model.Protocol;
 import org.raml.model.Raml;
 import org.raml.model.SecurityReference;
@@ -300,7 +303,12 @@ private void dumpScalarField(StringBuilder dump, int depth, Field field, Object
             }
             else
             {
-                dump.append(sanitizeScalarValue(depth, value)).append("\n");
+                if ((isNumber(pojo) || isInteger(pojo) || isBoolean(pojo)) && isDefaultValue(field)) {
+                    //prevent numbers, integer and boolean to be surrounded by quotes
+                    dump.append(String.valueOf(value)).append("\n");
+                } else {
+                    dump.append(sanitizeScalarValue(depth, value)).append("\n");
+                }
             }
         }
         catch (IllegalAccessException e)
@@ -309,6 +317,22 @@ private void dumpScalarField(StringBuilder dump, int depth, Field field, Object
         }
     }
 
+    private boolean isDefaultValue(Field field) {
+        return field.getName().equals("defaultValue");
+    }
+
+    private boolean isNumber(Object pojo) {
+        return pojo instanceof AbstractParam && ((AbstractParam) pojo).getType() == ParamType.NUMBER;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isInteger(Object pojo) {
+        return pojo instanceof AbstractParam && ((AbstractParam) pojo).getType() == ParamType.INTEGER;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isBoolean(Object pojo) {
+        return pojo instanceof AbstractParam && ((AbstractParam) pojo).getType() == ParamType.BOOLEAN;
+    }
+
     private String alias(Field field)
     {
         Scalar scalar = field.getAnnotation(Scalar.class);
@@ -329,6 +353,16 @@ else if (sequence != null && isNotEmpty(sequence.alias()))
         }
         return field.getName();
     }
+    
+//    private boolean isBooleanOrInteger(Object value) {
+//        try {
+//            Long.valueOf(value.toString());
+//            return true;
+//        } catch (NumberFormatException e)
+//        {
+//            return TRUE.toString().equals(value.toString()) || FALSE.toString().equals(value.toString());
+//        }
+//    }
 
     private String sanitizeScalarValue(int depth, Object value)
     {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/raml/EmitterTestCase.java b/src/test/java/org/raml/EmitterTestCase.java
index fb2e0c23..41719c0f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/raml/EmitterTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/raml/EmitterTestCase.java
@@ -109,10 +109,12 @@ public void emitNumbers()
                       "    type: integer\n" +
                       "    maximum: 8.0\n" +
                       "    minimum: 1\n" +
+                      "    default: 3\n" +
                       "   number:\n" +
                       "    type: number\n" +
                       "    maximum: 9.5\n" +
-                      "    minimum: 2.0";
+                      "    minimum: 2.0\n"  +
+                      "    default: 4";
         Raml raml = parseRaml(yaml, "");
         RamlEmitter emitter = new RamlEmitter();
         String dump = emitter.dump(raml);
@@ -120,9 +122,28 @@ public void emitNumbers()
         assertThat(dump, not(containsString("maximum: 8.0")));
         assertThat(dump, containsString("minimum: 1"));
         assertThat(dump, not(containsString("minimum: 1.0")));
+        assertThat(dump, containsString("default: 3"));
         assertThat(dump, containsString("maximum: 9.5"));
         assertThat(dump, containsString("minimum: 2"));
         assertThat(dump, not(containsString("minimum: 2.0")));
+        assertThat(dump, containsString("default: 4"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void emitBoolean()
+    {
+        String yaml = "#%RAML 0.8\n" +
+                "title: numbers\n" +
+                "/resource:\n" +
+                " get:\n" +
+                "  queryParameters:\n" +
+                "   boolean:\n" +
+                "    type: boolean\n" +
+                "    default: true";
+        Raml raml = parseRaml(yaml, "");
+        RamlEmitter emitter = new RamlEmitter();
+        String dump = emitter.dump(raml);
+        assertThat(dump, containsString("default: true"));
     }
 
     private Raml verifyDump(Raml source, String dump)