diff --git a/scripts/core/configLoader.ts b/scripts/core/configLoader.ts
index 31c29c76..36c93d20 100644
--- a/scripts/core/configLoader.ts
+++ b/scripts/core/configLoader.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,28 @@ export class ConfigLoader {
   async load(filepath: string): Promise<SiteConfig> {
     const fileUrl = pathToFileURL(filepath).toString()
     const config = (await import(fileUrl)).default
-
-    return _.merge(
-      {
-        delay: 0,
-        maxConnections: 1,
-        request: {
-          timeout: 30000
-        }
+    const defaultConfig = {
+      days: 2,
+      delay: 0,
+      output: 'guide.xml',
+      request: {
+        method: 'GET',
+        maxContentLength: 5242880,
+        timeout: 30000,
+        withCredentials: true,
+        jar: null,
+        responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+        cache: false,
+        headers: null,
+        data: null
       },
-      config
-    )
+      maxConnections: 1,
+      site: undefined,
+      url: undefined,
+      parser: undefined,
+      channels: undefined
+    }
+
+    return _.merge(defaultConfig, config)
   }
 }