diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/aggregation/aggregation-query.js b/lib/cartodb/models/aggregation/aggregation-query.js
index ab56e9b5..5ecf09aa 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/aggregation/aggregation-query.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/aggregation/aggregation-query.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const DEFAULT_PLACEMENT = 'centroid';
+const DEFAULT_PLACEMENT = 'point-sample';
 
 /**
  * Returns a template function (function that accepts template parameters and returns a string)