diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/display.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/display.rs
index 1bb4f755e2..1a179705d7 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/display.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub fn to_tree_string(schema: &Schema) -> eyre::Result<String> {
 // A helper function to print a field at a given level of indentation.
 // level=1 means a single " |-- " prefix, level=2 means
 // " |    |-- " and so on, mimicking Spark's indentation style.
+// A helper function to print a field at a given level of indentation.
 fn print_field(
     w: &mut String,
     field_name: &str,
@@ -23,28 +24,19 @@ fn print_field(
     nullable: bool,
     level: usize,
 ) -> eyre::Result<()> {
-    // Construct the prefix for indentation.
-    // Spark indentation levels:
-    // level 1:  " |-- "
-    // level 2:  " |    |-- "
-    // level n:  " |" followed by (4*(n-1)) spaces + "-- "
     let indent = if level == 1 {
         " |-- ".to_string()
     } else {
-        let spaces = " ".repeat(4 * (level - 1));
-        format!(" |{}-- ", spaces)
+        format!(" |{}-- ", "    |".repeat(level - 1))
     };
 
-    // Get a user-friendly string for dtype
     let dtype_str = type_to_string(dtype);
-
     writeln!(
         w,
         "{}{}: {} (nullable = {})",
         indent, field_name, dtype_str, nullable
     )?;
 
-    // If the dtype is a struct, we must print its child fields with increased indentation.
     if let DataType::Struct(fields) = dtype {
         for field in fields {
             print_field(w, &field.name, &field.dtype, true, level + 1)?;
diff --git a/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs b/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
index a4f287a26f..1a25712f47 100644
--- a/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/daft-connect/src/lib.rs
@@ -376,13 +376,14 @@ impl SparkConnectService for DaftSparkConnectService {
                     .unwrap()
                     .build();
 
-                let s = plan.display_as(DisplayLevel::Default);
+                let schema = plan.schema();
+                let tree_string = display::to_tree_string(&schema).unwrap();
 
                 let response = AnalyzePlanResponse {
                     session_id,
                     server_side_session_id: String::new(),
-                    result: Some(spark_connect::analyze_plan_response::Result::TreeString(
-                        analyze_plan_response::TreeString { tree_string: s },
+                    result: Some(analyze_plan_response::Result::TreeString(
+                        analyze_plan_response::TreeString { tree_string },
                     )),
                 };
 
diff --git a/tests/connect/test_print_schema.py b/tests/connect/test_print_schema.py
index 5a58f2c95e..2400090374 100644
--- a/tests/connect/test_print_schema.py
+++ b/tests/connect/test_print_schema.py
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 
-def test_print_schema(spark_session: object, capsys: object) -> None:
+def test_print_schema(spark_session, capsys) -> None:
     df = spark_session.range(10)
     df.printSchema()
-    
+
     captured = capsys.readouterr()
-    expected = (
-        "root\n"
-        " |-- id: long (nullable = true)\n"
-    )
+    expected = "root\n" " |-- id: integer (nullable = true)\n\n"
     assert captured.out == expected