diff --git a/src/write_batch.rs b/src/write_batch.rs
index 4f9630d..4c6bda4 100644
--- a/src/write_batch.rs
+++ b/src/write_batch.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,10 @@ impl WriteBatchPy {
         let inner = inner_mut!(self)?;
         let key = encode_key(key, self.raw_mode)?;
         let value = encode_value(value, &self.dumps, self.raw_mode)?;
-        match column_family {
+        match column_family
+            .as_ref()
+            .or(self.default_column_family.as_ref())
+        {
             Some(cf) => inner.put_cf(&cf.cf, key, value),
             None => inner.put(key, value),
         }
@@ -203,7 +206,10 @@ impl WriteBatchPy {
     ) -> PyResult<()> {
         let inner = inner_mut!(self)?;
         let key = encode_key(key, self.raw_mode)?;
-        match column_family {
+        match column_family
+            .as_ref()
+            .or(self.default_column_family.as_ref())
+        {
             Some(cf) => inner.delete_cf(&cf.cf, key),
             None => inner.delete(key),
         }
diff --git a/test/test_rdict.py b/test/test_rdict.py
index 712e7c1..ca55ccc 100644
--- a/test/test_rdict.py
+++ b/test/test_rdict.py
@@ -590,6 +590,58 @@ def tearDownClass(cls):
         Rdict.destroy(cls.path, cls.opt)
 
 
+class TestWriteBatch(unittest.TestCase):
+    test_dict = None
+    opt = None
+    path = "./temp_write_batch"
+    cf2 = str("square")
+    cf3 = str("qubic")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls) -> None:
+        cls.opt = Options(raw_mode=False)
+        cls.opt.create_if_missing(True)
+        cls.opt.create_missing_column_families(True)
+        cf = {cls.cf2: Options(), cls.cf3: Options()}
+        cls.test_dict = Rdict(cls.path, column_families=cf, options=cls.opt)
+
+    def test_write_batch_default_none(self):
+        assert self.test_dict is not None
+        wb = WriteBatch()
+        for i in range(100):
+            wb.put(i, i)
+            wb.put(i, i**2, self.test_dict.get_column_family_handle(self.cf2))
+        self.test_dict.write(wb)
+        square_dict = self.test_dict.get_column_family(self.cf2)
+        for i in range(100):
+            # default column family is None, write to default column family
+            self.assertEqual(self.test_dict[i], i)
+            self.assertEqual(square_dict[i], i**2)
+
+    def test_write_batch_default(self):
+        assert self.test_dict is not None
+        wb = WriteBatch()
+        wb.set_default_column_family(self.test_dict.get_column_family_handle(self.cf3))
+        for i in range(100):
+            wb.put(i, i**3)
+            wb.put(i, i**2, self.test_dict.get_column_family_handle(self.cf2))
+        self.test_dict.write(wb)
+        square_dict = self.test_dict.get_column_family(self.cf2)
+        quibic_dict = self.test_dict.get_column_family(self.cf3)
+        for i in range(100):
+            # default column family is set, write to default column family
+            self.assertEqual(square_dict[i], i**2)
+            self.assertEqual(quibic_dict[i], i**3)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        assert cls.test_dict is not None
+        cls.test_dict.close()
+        assert cls.opt is not None
+        gc.collect()
+        Rdict.destroy(cls.path, cls.opt)
+
+
 class TestWideColumnsRaw(unittest.TestCase):
     test_dict = None
     opt = None