diff --git a/hasty/__init__.py b/hasty/__init__.py
index 7b8e24c..9d3456a 100755
--- a/hasty/__init__.py
+++ b/hasty/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def int_or_str(value):
         return value
 
 
-__version__ = '0.3.10'
+__version__ = '0.3.11'
 VERSION = tuple(map(int_or_str, __version__.split('.')))
 
 __all__ = [
diff --git a/hasty/attribute.py b/hasty/attribute.py
index 07b8a95..cf0a34a 100644
--- a/hasty/attribute.py
+++ b/hasty/attribute.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ class Attribute(HastyObject):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return self.get__repr__(OrderedDict({"id": self._id, "name": self._name, "attribute_type": self._attribute_type,
-                                             "description": self._description, "norder": self._norder,
-                                             "values": self._values}))
+                                             "subject_type": self.subject_type, "description": self._description,
+                                             "norder": self._norder, "values": self._values}))
 
     @property
     def id(self):
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ def attribute_type(self):
         """
         return self._attribute_type
 
+    @property
+    def subject_type(self):
+        """
+        :type: string
+        """
+        return self._subject_type
+
     @property
     def description(self):
         """
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ def _init_properties(self):
         self._name = None
         self._project_id = None
         self._attribute_type = None
+        self._subject_type = None
         self._description = None
         self._norder = None
         self._values = None
@@ -86,6 +94,8 @@ def _set_prop_values(self, data):
             self._description = data["description"]
         if "norder" in data:
             self._norder = data["norder"]
+        if "subject_type" in data:
+            self._subject_type = data["subject_type"]
         if "values" in data:
             self._values = data["values"]
 
diff --git a/hasty/project.py b/hasty/project.py
index b599021..5859375 100644
--- a/hasty/project.py
+++ b/hasty/project.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def get_attributes(self):
                              Attribute.endpoint.format(project_id=self._id),
                              obj_params={"project_id": self.id})
 
-    def create_attribute(self, name: str, attribute_type: str, subject_type: str, description: Optional[str] = None,
+    def create_attribute(self, name: str, attribute_type: str, subject_type: Optional[str] = 'LABEL', description: Optional[str] = None,
                norder: Optional[float] = None, values: List[str] = None):
         """
         Create attribute, returns :py:class:`~hasty.Attribute` object.
diff --git a/tests/test_attribute.py b/tests/test_attribute.py
index 03540ff..249619b 100644
--- a/tests/test_attribute.py
+++ b/tests/test_attribute.py
@@ -76,6 +76,17 @@ def test_label_attributes(self):
         self.assertEqual(1, len(lbl_attr))
         self.assertEqual(lbl_attr[0].value, attr1.values[0]["id"])
 
+    def test_create_attribute_default_subject_type(self):
+        attributes = self.project.get_attributes()
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(attributes), 'Should be no attributes for a new project')
+        # Create attribute without subject type
+        attr1 = self.project.create_attribute("attr1", "SELECTION", norder=4, values=["v1", "v2", "v3"])
+        self.assertEqual(attr1.subject_type, "LABEL")
+        attributes = self.project.get_attributes()
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(attributes))
+        self.assertEqual('LABEL', attributes[0].subject_type)
+
+
     def tearDown(self) -> None:
         projects = self.h.get_projects()
         for p in projects: