diff --git a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
index 350261674c94420b71646e9b0f3ecb321de4c8e1..7fc09cc1e07d45c65ab74250a95eae456f889763 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/stores/active_record.rb
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ module Geocoder::Store
       ##
       # Generate the SELECT clause.
       #
-      def select_clause(columns, distance = nil, bearing = nil, distance_column = nil, bearing_column = nil)
+      def select_clause(columns, distance = nil, bearing = nil, distance_column = 'distance', bearing_column = 'bearing')
         if columns == :id_only
           return full_column_name(primary_key)
         elsif columns == :geo_only