diff --git a/.changeset/yellow-women-love.md b/.changeset/yellow-women-love.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61af77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/yellow-women-love.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-better-t-stack": patch
+---
+
+Remove unnecessary returning() from todo insert query
diff --git a/apps/cli/templates/examples/todo/server/drizzle/base/src/routers/todo.ts.hbs b/apps/cli/templates/examples/todo/server/drizzle/base/src/routers/todo.ts.hbs
index aaeea9b..29304d6 100644
--- a/apps/cli/templates/examples/todo/server/drizzle/base/src/routers/todo.ts.hbs
+++ b/apps/cli/templates/examples/todo/server/drizzle/base/src/routers/todo.ts.hbs
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ export const todoRouter = {
         .insert(todo)
         .values({
           text: input.text,
-        })
-        .returning();
+        });
       return result[0];
     }),