diff --git a/bench-vortex/benches/datafusion_benchmark.rs b/bench-vortex/benches/datafusion_benchmark.rs
index 85494de987..5429781d36 100644
--- a/bench-vortex/benches/datafusion_benchmark.rs
+++ b/bench-vortex/benches/datafusion_benchmark.rs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ fn bench_datafusion(c: &mut Criterion) {
     bench_vortex(
         c.benchmark_group("vortex-pushdown-compressed"),
         &SessionContext::new(),
-        false,
+        true,
         true,
     );
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ fn bench_datafusion(c: &mut Criterion) {
     bench_vortex(
         c.benchmark_group("vortex-pushdown-uncompressed"),
         &SessionContext::new(),
-        false,
+        true,
         false,
     );
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ fn bench_datafusion(c: &mut Criterion) {
     bench_vortex(
         c.benchmark_group("vortex-nopushdown-compressed"),
         &SessionContext::new(),
-        true,
+        false,
         true,
     );
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ fn bench_datafusion(c: &mut Criterion) {
     bench_vortex(
         c.benchmark_group("vortex-nopushdown-uncompressed"),
         &SessionContext::new(),
-        true,
+        false,
         false,
     );
 }
diff --git a/vortex-datafusion/src/lib.rs b/vortex-datafusion/src/lib.rs
index 34fc60e848..d3f8e23d5a 100644
--- a/vortex-datafusion/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vortex-datafusion/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,11 +48,19 @@ const SUPPORTED_BINARY_OPS: &[Operator] = &[
 ];
 
 /// Optional configurations to pass when loading a [VortexMemTable].
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct VortexMemTableOptions {
     pub enable_pushdown: bool,
 }
 
+impl Default for VortexMemTableOptions {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            enable_pushdown: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl VortexMemTableOptions {
     pub fn with_pushdown(mut self, enable_pushdown: bool) -> Self {
         self.enable_pushdown = enable_pushdown;