diff --git a/pandas_td/td.py b/pandas_td/td.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/pandas_td/td.py
+++ b/pandas_td/td.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class Connection(object):
         else:
             return pd.DataFrame()
 
-    def query_engine(self, database, **kwargs):
+    def query_engine(self, database, type='presto', **kwargs):
+        kwargs['type'] = type
         return QueryEngine(self, database, kwargs)
 
 class QueryEngine(object):
Set type='presto' by default