diff --git a/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/objectStore_to_duckDB.go b/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/objectStore_to_duckDB.go
index cf28daac58e..e6b04a03b95 100644
--- a/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/objectStore_to_duckDB.go
+++ b/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/objectStore_to_duckDB.go
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ func (t *objectStoreToDuckDB) Transfer(ctx context.Context, srcProps, sinkProps
 	}
 
 	fromAthena := reflect.TypeOf(t.from).AssignableTo(reflect.TypeOf(&athena.Connection{}))
-	sql, hasSQL := src.Properties["sql"].(string)
+	sql, hasSQL := srcProps["sql"].(string)
 	// if sql is specified use ast rewrite to fill in the downloaded files
 	if hasSQL && !fromAthena {
-		return t.ingestDuckDBSQL(ctx, sql, iterator, dbSink, opts, p)
+		return t.ingestDuckDBSQL(ctx, sql, iterator, sinkCfg, opts, p)
 	}
 
 	p.Target(size, drivers.ProgressUnitByte)
diff --git a/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/utils.go b/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/utils.go
index ee609e148ec..f23b26fbe3d 100644
--- a/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/utils.go
+++ b/runtime/drivers/duckdb/transporter/utils.go
@@ -5,8 +5,38 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
+type sourceProperties struct {
+	Database string `mapstructure:"db"`
+	SQL      string `mapstructure:"sql"`
+}
+
+func parseSourceProperties(props map[string]any) (*sourceProperties, error) {
+	cfg := &sourceProperties{}
+	if err := mapstructure.Decode(props, cfg); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse source properties: %w", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.SQL == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("property 'sql' is mandatory")
+	}
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
+type sinkProperties struct {
+	Table string `mapstructure:"table"`
+}
+
+func parseSinkProperties(props map[string]any) (*sinkProperties, error) {
+	cfg := &sinkProperties{}
+	if err := mapstructure.Decode(props, cfg); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse sink properties: %w", err)
+	}
+	return cfg, nil
+}
+
 func sourceReader(paths []string, format string, ingestionProps map[string]any, fromAthena bool) (string, error) {
 	// Generate a "read" statement
 	if containsAny(format, []string{".csv", ".tsv", ".txt"}) {
diff --git a/web-common/src/features/sources/modal/AddSourceModal.svelte b/web-common/src/features/sources/modal/AddSourceModal.svelte
index 2d566b9118d..9be5042f5eb 100644
--- a/web-common/src/features/sources/modal/AddSourceModal.svelte
+++ b/web-common/src/features/sources/modal/AddSourceModal.svelte
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "local_file",
     "motherduck",
     "bigquery",
+    "athena",
   ];
 
   const connectors = createRuntimeServiceListConnectors({