diff --git a/package/src/createMMKV.ts b/package/src/createMMKV.ts
index f607847d..2cc31c39 100644
--- a/package/src/createMMKV.ts
+++ b/package/src/createMMKV.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Platform } from 'react-native';
-import { getMMKVTurboModule, type Configuration } from './NativeMmkv';
+import { getMMKVTurboModule, Mode, type Configuration } from './NativeMmkv';
 import type { NativeMMKV } from './Types';
 import { getMMKVPlatformContextTurboModule } from './NativeMmkvPlatformContext';
 
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ export const createMMKV = (config: Configuration): NativeMMKV => {
     }
   }
 
+  if (typeof config.mode === 'number') {
+    // Code-gen expects enums to be strings. In TS, they might be numbers tho.
+    // This sucks, so we need a workaround.
+    // @ts-expect-error the native side actually expects a string.
+    config.mode = Mode[config.mode];
+  }
+
   const instance = module.createMMKV(config);
   if (__DEV__) {
     if (typeof instance !== 'object' || instance == null) {