diff --git a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/[TableName].ts b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/[TableName].ts
index 76e41ed..45029c8 100644
--- a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/[TableName].ts
+++ b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/[TableName].ts
@@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ export const createResultingTypeFile = (
         },
       ],
     })
+    statements.push({
+      kind: StructureKind.TypeAlias,
+      isExported: true,
+      name: `${pascal_table_name}InitializerWithPgtuiBugs`,
+      type: `ReproducePgtuiBugs<${pascal_table_name}Initializer>`,
+      docs: [
+        {
+          description: `@deprecated Reproduces type bugs from the legacy \`pgtui\` library and should not be used in new code.\n\nSpecifically:\n- Columns ending in \`_id\` are incorrectly typed as \`string\`, regardless of their actual database type.\n- \`jsonb\` columns are typed as \`any\` instead of a more specific type.`,
+        },
+      ],
+    })
   }
 
   return project.createSourceFile(
diff --git a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/index.ts b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/index.ts
index 6cea161..dfad982 100644
--- a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/[schema_name]/index.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const createSchemaGeneratedTypeIndexFile = (
     {
       kind: StructureKind.ImportDeclaration,
       moduleSpecifier: '../utils',
-      namedImports: ['KyselyTable'],
+      namedImports: ['KyselyTable', 'KnexTable'],
       isTypeOnly: true,
     },
   ]
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ export const createSchemaGeneratedTypeIndexFile = (
       namedImports: [
         pascal_table_name,
         ...(table.is_affected_by_pgtui_bugs
-          ? [`${pascal_table_name}WithPgtuiBugs`]
+          ? [
+              `${pascal_table_name}WithPgtuiBugs`,
+              `${pascal_table_name}InitializerWithPgtuiBugs`,
+            ]
           : []),
         `${pascal_table_name}Initializer`,
       ],
@@ -83,9 +86,15 @@ export const createSchemaGeneratedTypeIndexFile = (
           schema.name === main_schema
             ? table.name
             : `"${schema.name}.${table.name}"`,
-        type: table.is_affected_by_pgtui_bugs
-          ? `${pascal_table_names[table.name]}WithPgtuiBugs`
-          : (pascal_table_names[table.name] ?? ''),
+        type: `KnexTable<${
+          table.is_affected_by_pgtui_bugs
+            ? `${pascal_table_names[table.name]}WithPgtuiBugs`
+            : pascal_table_names[table.name]
+        }, ${
+          table.is_affected_by_pgtui_bugs
+            ? `${pascal_table_names[table.name]}InitializerWithPgtuiBugs`
+            : `${pascal_table_names[table.name]}Initializer`
+        }>`,
       })),
     })
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/utils.ts b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/utils.ts
index 973511b..da0ece9 100644
--- a/src/lib/file-generators/generated/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/file-generators/generated/utils.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export const createGeneratedUtilsFile = (
 
   const file_source = `import type { JSONValue } from "zapatos/db"
 import { type ColumnType } from "kysely"
+import { Knex } from "knex"
 
 type PartialWithNever<T> = {
   [P in keyof T as T[P] extends never ? never : P]?: T[P]
@@ -30,6 +31,16 @@ export type KyselyTable<Selectable, Initializer> = {
   >
 }
 
+type KnexInsertableTable<T> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: Knex.MaybeRawColumn<T[K]>
+}
+
+export type KnexTable<Selectable, Initializer> = Knex.CompositeTableType<
+  Selectable,
+  Partial<KnexInsertableTable<Initializer>>, // TODO remove \`Partial\` once we fix the code
+  Partial<KnexInsertableTable<Initializer>>
+>
+
 type KeysOfUnion<T> = T extends T ? keyof T : never
 
 type NullableKeys<T> = {
@@ -56,8 +67,17 @@ export type CreateCustomTypes<
 > = Sub
 
 // Replaces the values of From with the values of To and ignores the rest of the properties of To
-type ReplaceValueTypes<From, To> = Omit<From, keyof To> &
-  Pick<To, Extract<keyof To, keyof From>>
+type ReplaceValueTypes<From, To> = {
+  [K in keyof From]: K extends keyof To ? To[K] : From[K]
+}
+
+type AllowJsonStringify<OriginalInsertable, CustomizedInsertable> = {
+  [K in keyof OriginalInsertable]: K extends keyof CustomizedInsertable
+    ? [JSONValue] extends [OriginalInsertable[K]]
+      ? CustomizedInsertable[K] | string
+      : CustomizedInsertable[K]
+    : never
+}
 
 // Works to make From properties optional but it would not work to make them mandatory as From[K] would include undefined
 // TODO improve to keep unions (if possible)
@@ -75,9 +95,12 @@ export type CustomizeDbType<DbType, CustomProperties> = ReplaceValueTypes<
 >
 
 export type CustomizeDbTypeInitializer<DbTypeInitializer, CustomProperties> =
-  ReplaceValueTypes<
+  AllowJsonStringify<
     DbTypeInitializer,
-    ReplaceKeyTypes<CustomProperties, DbTypeInitializer>
+    ReplaceValueTypes<
+      DbTypeInitializer,
+      ReplaceKeyTypes<CustomProperties, DbTypeInitializer>
+    >
   >
 
 // TODO Migrating from pgtui to our custom types is a pain because of two bugs in pgtui.