diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
index 445cf59..f8e512e 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
     public:
       ChaiScript(std::vector<std::string> t_modulepaths = {},
           std::vector<std::string> t_usepaths = {},
-          const std::vector<Options> &t_opts)
+          const std::vector<Options> &t_opts = {})
         : ChaiScript_Basic(
             chaiscript::Std_Lib::library(),
             std::make_unique<parser::ChaiScript_Parser<eval::Noop_Tracer, optimizer::Optimizer_Default>>(),
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
index e711cae..0a76a82 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace chaiscript {
   static inline std::vector<Options> default_options()
   {
     return {Options::Load_Modules, Options::External_Scripts};
-  };
+  }
 }
 #endif