diff --git a/R/ClickhouseResult.R b/R/ClickhouseResult.R
index 9fadef2..f6c2bc6 100644
--- a/R/ClickhouseResult.R
+++ b/R/ClickhouseResult.R
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ setMethod("dbFetch", signature = "ClickhouseResult", definition = function(res,
   }
   ret <- fetch(res@ptr, n)
   ret <- convert_Int64(ret, res@Int64)
+  ret <- convert_Decimal(ret)
 
   if(res@toUTF8 == TRUE) ret <- encode_UTF(ret)
 
@@ -50,6 +51,28 @@ convert_Int64 <- function(df, Int64) {
   }
 }
 
+convert_Decimal <- function(df) {
+# identify the columns by index that need changing
+  toConvert <- which(grepl("Decimal", attr(df, 'data.type')))
+
+# get the scales
+  parse_scale <- function(str){
+    x <- strsplit(str, ",")[[1]][[2]]
+    x <- substr(x,1,nchar(x)-1)
+    x <- as.numeric(x)
+    return(as.numeric(x))
+  }
+
+  for(column_i in toConvert) {
+    raw_type <- attr(df, 'data.type')[[column_i]]
+    scale <- parse_scale(raw_type)
+    # forces String to decimal representation
+    df[column_i] <- lapply(df[column_i], as.numeric)
+    df[column_i] <- df[column_i] / (10^scale)
+  }
+  return(df)
+}
+
 encode_UTF <- function(df){
   toConvert <- which(attr(df, "data.type") %in% c("String", "FixedString", "Nullable(String)", "Nullable(FixedString)"))
 
diff --git a/src/connection.cpp b/src/connection.cpp
index 33fb408..0d0bdbb 100644
--- a/src/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/connection.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 using namespace Rcpp;
 using namespace clickhouse;
 
+ColumnRef convertDecimalColumn(SEXP v);
+
 // [[Rcpp::export]]
 DataFrame fetch(XPtr<Result> res, ssize_t n) {
   return res->fetchFrame(n);
@@ -165,10 +167,10 @@ std::shared_ptr<CT> vecToScalar(SEXP v, std::shared_ptr<ColumnUInt8> nullCol = n
   type_of_cor = Rf_inherits(v, "integer64") ? 99 : type_of;
 
   switch(type_of_cor) {
-  case 99: {
-    toColumnN<CT, NumericVector>(v, col, nullCol);
-    break;
-  }
+    case 99: {
+      toColumnN<CT, NumericVector>(v, col, nullCol);
+      break;
+    }
     case INTSXP: {
       // the lambda could be a default argument of toColumn, but that
       // appears to trigger a bug in GCC
@@ -337,7 +339,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<CT> vecToEnum(SEXP v, TypeRef type, std::shared_ptr<ColumnUInt8>
 
 ColumnRef vecToColumn(TypeRef t, SEXP v, std::shared_ptr<ColumnUInt8> nullCol = nullptr) {
   using TC = Type::Code;
+
+  printf("%i insert THIS   !!!\n",t->GetCode());
+
   switch(t->GetCode()) {
+    case TC::Decimal:
+      return convertDecimalColumn(v);
     case TC::Int8:
       return vecToScalar<ColumnInt8, int8_t>(v, nullCol);
     case TC::Int16:
@@ -427,10 +434,27 @@ void insert(XPtr<Client> conn, String tableName, DataFrame df) {
     ColumnRef ccol = vecToColumn(colTypes[i], df[i]);
     block.AppendColumn(std::string(names[i]), ccol);
   }
-
   conn->Insert(tableName, block);
 }
 
+ColumnRef convertDecimalColumn(SEXP v) {
+// R_CH-column: Rcpp IntegerVector
+  IntegerVector cv = Rcpp::as<IntegerVector>(v);
+
+
+  // CH_CPP-column: sharedPtr to ColumnDecimal with (18,1)
+  std::shared_ptr<ColumnDecimal> col  = std::make_shared<ColumnDecimal>(18, 1);
+
+
+  for(typename IntegerVector::stored_type e : cv) {
+    col->Append(e);
+  }
+
+  return col;
+}
+
+
+
 // [[Rcpp::export]]
 bool validPtr(SEXP ptr) {
   return R_ExternalPtrAddr(ptr);
diff --git a/src/result.cpp b/src/result.cpp
index e5df40f..22d3247 100644
--- a/src/result.cpp
+++ b/src/result.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ void convertEntries(std::shared_ptr<const CT> in, NullCol nullCol, RT &out,
   }
 }
 
+template<>
+void convertEntries<ch::ColumnDecimal, Rcpp::StringVector>(std::shared_ptr<const ch::ColumnDecimal> in, NullCol nullCol, Rcpp::StringVector &out,
+                                                         size_t offset, size_t start, size_t end) {
+  for(size_t j = start; j < end; j++) {
+    // can't use the ternary operator here, since that would require explicit
+    // conversion from the Clickhouse storage type (which is far messier)
+    if(nullCol && nullCol->IsNull(j)) {
+      out[offset+j-start] = Rcpp::StringVector::get_na();
+    } else {
+      out[offset+j-start] = (in->At(j).to_string());
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 template<>
 void convertEntries<ch::ColumnInt64, Rcpp::StringVector>(std::shared_ptr<const ch::ColumnInt64> in, NullCol nullCol, Rcpp::StringVector &out,
@@ -278,6 +291,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<Converter> Result::buildConverter(std::string name, ch::TypeRef
     case TC::UInt64: {
       return std::unique_ptr<ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnUInt64, Rcpp::StringVector>>(new ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnUInt64, Rcpp::StringVector>);
     }
+    case TC::Decimal: {
+      return std::unique_ptr<ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnDecimal, Rcpp::StringVector>>(new ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnDecimal, Rcpp::StringVector>);
+    }
     case TC::UUID:
       return std::unique_ptr<ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnUUID, Rcpp::StringVector>>(new ScalarConverter<ch::ColumnUUID, Rcpp::StringVector>);
     case TC::Float32: