diff --git a/package/src/index.ts b/package/src/index.ts
index e6c0cbc..d3efe4a 100644
--- a/package/src/index.ts
+++ b/package/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ export const optionsSchema = z.object({
 	 * Optional: Allows the user to enable verbose logging.
 	 */
 	verbose: z.boolean().optional().default(false),
-})
+  }).optional().default({ verbose: false });
 
 export type astroGistsUserConfig = z.infer<typeof optionsSchema>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package/src/integration.ts b/package/src/integration.ts
index ab5bc2b..0b1638e 100644
--- a/package/src/integration.ts
+++ b/package/src/integration.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { defineIntegration, createResolver } from "astro-integration-kit"
 import { corePlugins } from "astro-integration-kit/plugins"
-import { optionsSchema } from "./index"
+import type { astroGistsUserConfig } from "./index"
 import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
 import type { AstroIntegrationLogger } from "astro";
 import { loadEnv } from "vite";
+import { z } from "astro/zod";
 
 // Load environment variables
 const { GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN } = loadEnv("all", process.cwd(), "GITHUB_");
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ export const TOKEN_MISSING_ERROR = "GITHUB_PERSONAL_TOKEN not found. Please add
 */
 export default defineIntegration({
   name: "@matthiesenxyz/astro-gists",
-  optionsSchema,
+  optionsSchema: z.custom<astroGistsUserConfig>().optional().default({ verbose: false }),
   plugins: [...corePlugins],
   setup({ options }) {
 	// Create resolve helper