diff --git a/node/src/remote/index.ts b/node/src/remote/index.ts
index 29f8a2fb..0f2d3857 100644
--- a/node/src/remote/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/remote/index.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ export class RemoteConnection implements Connection {
       schema = nameOrOpts.schema
       embeddings = nameOrOpts.embeddingFunction
       tableName = nameOrOpts.name
+      if (data === undefined) {
+        data = nameOrOpts.data
+      }
     }
 
     let buffer: Buffer