diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 5802a1a1c..b7e3195c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
       - "helm/**"
       - "assets/**"
       - "**.md"
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
 
 name: Ensure parseable builds on all release targets
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
index eb5a46da4..379e5eb1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ on:
       - "helm/**"
       - "assets/**"
       - "**.md"
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
 
 name: Lint, Test and Coverage Report
 jobs:
diff --git a/Dockerfile.debug b/Dockerfile.debug
index 5c86963fc..02a450e4f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.debug
+++ b/Dockerfile.debug
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ WORKDIR /parseable
 
 # Cache dependencies
 COPY Cargo.toml Cargo.lock build.rs .git ./
-RUN mkdir src && echo "fn main() {}" > src/main.rs && cargo build --release && rm -rf src
+RUN mkdir src && echo "fn main() {}" > src/main.rs && cargo build && rm -rf src
 
 # Build the actual binary
 COPY src ./src
diff --git a/src/handlers/http/logstream.rs b/src/handlers/http/logstream.rs
index 4daecf1ca..57473b06b 100644
--- a/src/handlers/http/logstream.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/http/logstream.rs
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ pub async fn get_stream_info(stream_name: Path<String>) -> Result<impl Responder
         .get(&stream_name)
         .ok_or(StreamError::StreamNotFound(stream_name.clone()))?;
 
-    let stream_info: StreamInfo = StreamInfo {
-        stream_type: stream_meta.stream_type.clone(),
+    let stream_info = StreamInfo {
+        stream_type: stream_meta.stream_type,
         created_at: stream_meta.created_at.clone(),
         first_event_at: stream_first_event_at,
         time_partition: stream_meta.time_partition.clone(),
@@ -626,8 +626,10 @@ pub async fn put_stream_hot_tier(
         }
     }
 
-    if PARSEABLE.streams.stream_type(&stream_name).unwrap()
-        == Some(StreamType::Internal.to_string())
+    if PARSEABLE
+        .streams
+        .stream_type(&stream_name)
+        .is_ok_and(|t| t == StreamType::Internal)
     {
         return Err(StreamError::Custom {
             msg: "Hot tier can not be updated for internal stream".to_string(),
@@ -717,8 +719,10 @@ pub async fn delete_stream_hot_tier(
         return Err(StreamError::HotTierNotEnabled(stream_name));
     };
 
-    if PARSEABLE.streams.stream_type(&stream_name).unwrap()
-        == Some(StreamType::Internal.to_string())
+    if PARSEABLE
+        .streams
+        .stream_type(&stream_name)
+        .is_ok_and(|t| t == StreamType::Internal)
     {
         return Err(StreamError::Custom {
             msg: "Hot tier can not be deleted for internal stream".to_string(),
diff --git a/src/handlers/http/modal/query/querier_logstream.rs b/src/handlers/http/modal/query/querier_logstream.rs
index 9366cbbea..b7da31e39 100644
--- a/src/handlers/http/modal/query/querier_logstream.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/http/modal/query/querier_logstream.rs
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ pub async fn get_stats(
     let stats = stats::get_current_stats(&stream_name, "json")
         .ok_or(StreamError::StreamNotFound(stream_name.clone()))?;
 
-    let ingestor_stats = if PARSEABLE.streams.stream_type(&stream_name).unwrap()
-        == Some(StreamType::UserDefined.to_string())
+    let ingestor_stats = if PARSEABLE
+        .streams
+        .stream_type(&stream_name)
+        .is_ok_and(|t| t == StreamType::Internal)
     {
         Some(fetch_stats_from_ingestors(&stream_name).await?)
     } else {
diff --git a/src/metadata.rs b/src/metadata.rs
index ac1b79551..a48f623a3 100644
--- a/src/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/metadata.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub struct LogStreamMetadata {
     pub custom_partition: Option<String>,
     pub static_schema_flag: bool,
     pub hot_tier_enabled: bool,
-    pub stream_type: Option<String>,
+    pub stream_type: StreamType,
     pub log_source: LogSource,
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl StreamInfo {
             } else {
                 static_schema
             },
-            stream_type: Some(stream_type.to_string()),
+            stream_type,
             schema_version,
             log_source,
             ..Default::default()
@@ -351,16 +351,17 @@ impl StreamInfo {
         self.read()
             .expect(LOCK_EXPECT)
             .iter()
-            .filter(|(_, v)| v.stream_type.clone().unwrap() == StreamType::Internal.to_string())
+            .filter(|(_, v)| v.stream_type == StreamType::Internal)
             .map(|(k, _)| k.clone())
             .collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn stream_type(&self, stream_name: &str) -> Result<Option<String>, MetadataError> {
-        let map = self.read().expect(LOCK_EXPECT);
-        map.get(stream_name)
+    pub fn stream_type(&self, stream_name: &str) -> Result<StreamType, MetadataError> {
+        self.read()
+            .expect(LOCK_EXPECT)
+            .get(stream_name)
             .ok_or(MetadataError::StreamMetaNotFound(stream_name.to_string()))
-            .map(|metadata| metadata.stream_type.clone())
+            .map(|metadata| metadata.stream_type)
     }
 
     pub fn update_stats(
diff --git a/src/parseable.rs b/src/parseable.rs
index ab63ffe19..57321cc5d 100644
--- a/src/parseable.rs
+++ b/src/parseable.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::{
     option::Mode,
     storage::{
         object_storage::parseable_json_path, LogStream, ObjectStorageError, ObjectStorageProvider,
-        ObjectStoreFormat, StreamType,
+        ObjectStoreFormat,
     },
 };
 
@@ -190,10 +190,7 @@ impl Parseable {
             .and_then(|limit| limit.parse().ok());
         let custom_partition = stream_metadata.custom_partition.as_deref().unwrap_or("");
         let static_schema_flag = stream_metadata.static_schema_flag;
-        let stream_type = stream_metadata
-            .stream_type
-            .map(|s| StreamType::from(s.as_str()))
-            .unwrap_or_default();
+        let stream_type = stream_metadata.stream_type;
         let schema_version = stream_metadata.schema_version;
         let log_source = stream_metadata.log_source;
         self.streams.add_stream(
diff --git a/src/storage/mod.rs b/src/storage/mod.rs
index 7098b85d3..3a490617a 100644
--- a/src/storage/mod.rs
+++ b/src/storage/mod.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ pub struct ObjectStoreFormat {
     pub static_schema_flag: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub hot_tier_enabled: bool,
-    pub stream_type: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub stream_type: StreamType,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub log_source: LogSource,
 }
@@ -140,7 +141,8 @@ pub struct StreamInfo {
         skip_serializing_if = "std::ops::Not::not"
     )]
     pub static_schema_flag: bool,
-    pub stream_type: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub stream_type: StreamType,
     pub log_source: LogSource,
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +207,7 @@ impl Default for ObjectStoreFormat {
             version: CURRENT_SCHEMA_VERSION.to_string(),
             schema_version: SchemaVersion::V1, // Newly created streams should be v1
             objectstore_format: CURRENT_OBJECT_STORE_VERSION.to_string(),
-            stream_type: Some(StreamType::UserDefined.to_string()),
+            stream_type: StreamType::UserDefined,
             created_at: Local::now().to_rfc3339(),
             first_event_at: None,
             owner: Owner::new("".to_string(), "".to_string()),
diff --git a/src/storage/object_storage.rs b/src/storage/object_storage.rs
index 623516ea0..39040d309 100644
--- a/src/storage/object_storage.rs
+++ b/src/storage/object_storage.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ pub trait ObjectStorage: Debug + Send + Sync + 'static {
         let format = ObjectStoreFormat {
             created_at: Local::now().to_rfc3339(),
             permissions: vec![Permisssion::new(PARSEABLE.options.username.clone())],
-            stream_type: Some(stream_type.to_string()),
+            stream_type,
             time_partition: (!time_partition.is_empty()).then(|| time_partition.to_string()),
             time_partition_limit: time_partition_limit.map(|limit| limit.to_string()),
             custom_partition: (!custom_partition.is_empty()).then(|| custom_partition.to_string()),