diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58e05a1..4ae1f78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# v1.0.1
+## 04/28/2021
+
+1. [](#improved)
+    * Unset config values are now merged with defaults to catch unset value errors
+
 # v1.0.0
 ##  04/27/2021
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 51cb422..5f4a0b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ Here is the default configuration and an explanation of available options:
 ```yaml
 enabled: true
 content: Custom Text added by the <b>Custom Banner</b> plugin (disable plugin to remove)
-button-text: Read more...
-button-url: /blog
+button-text: Click me...
+button-url: /route-to-page/you-want-to/link-to
 bg-colour: '#EC565C'
 fg-colour: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.80)'
 box-shadow: true
 exclude-pages:
-  - /blog
+  - /route-to-page/you-want-to/exclude
 ```
 
 You can also overwrite the style defined in `custom-banner/css/custom-banner.css` with your own css rules.
diff --git a/blueprints.yaml b/blueprints.yaml
index 5f36d40..8f4d8d1 100644
--- a/blueprints.yaml
+++ b/blueprints.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Custom Banner
 slug: custom-banner
 type: plugin
-version: 1.0.0
+version: 1.0.1
 description: Add a custom banner to your Grav site
 icon: bookmark
 author:
@@ -31,22 +31,27 @@ form:
         type: bool
     content:
       type: text
+      default: Custom Text added by the <b>Custom Banner</b> plugin (disable plugin to remove)
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.CONTENT
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.CONTENT_HELP
     button-text:
       type: text
+      default: Click me...
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BUTTON_TEXT
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BUTTON_TEXT_HELP
     button-url:
       type: text
+      default: /route-to-page/you-want-to/link-to
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BUTTON_URL
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BUTTON_URL_HELP
     bg-colour:
       type: colorpicker
+      default: '#EC565C'
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BG_COLOUR
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.BG_COLOUR_HELP
     fg-colour:
       type: colorpicker
+      default: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.80)'
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.FG_COLOUR
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.FG_COLOUR_HELP
     box-shadow:
@@ -59,6 +64,8 @@ form:
         0: PLUGIN_ADMIN.DISABLED
     exclude-pages:
       type: pages
+      default:
+        - /route-to-page/you-want-to/exclude
       label: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.EXCLUDE_PAGES
       help: PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER.EXCLUDE_PAGES_HELP
       multiple: true
diff --git a/custom-banner.php b/custom-banner.php
index ca99d22..2bbace1 100644
--- a/custom-banner.php
+++ b/custom-banner.php
@@ -65,9 +65,20 @@ public function onAssetsInitialized(): void
 
     public function onOutputGenerated(): void
     {
+
+        // Get plugin config or fill with default if undefined
+        $config = $this->config();
+        $config['exclude-pages'] = (array)$config['exclude-pages'];
+        $defaults = $this->config->getDefaults()['plugins']['custom-banner'];
+        $config = array_merge($defaults, array_filter($config, function($v){
+            return !(is_null($v));
+        }));
+
+        // Validate that all is as expected
+        $this->getBlueprint()->validate($config);
+
         // Generate banner HTML
         // Content
-        $config = $this->config();
         $content = $config['content'];
         $button_text = $config['button-text'];
         $button_url = $config['button-url'];
diff --git a/custom-banner.yaml b/custom-banner.yaml
index 8148051..a128ed5 100644
--- a/custom-banner.yaml
+++ b/custom-banner.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 enabled: true
 content: Custom Text added by the <b>Custom Banner</b> plugin (disable plugin to remove)
-button-text: Read more...
-button-url: /blog
+button-text: Click me...
+button-url: /route-to-page/you-want-to/link-to
 bg-colour: '#EC565C'
 fg-colour: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.80)'
 box-shadow: true
 exclude-pages:
-  - /blog
+  - /route-to-page/you-want-to/exclude
diff --git a/languages.yaml b/languages.yaml
index f6cb4bd..1518568 100644
--- a/languages.yaml
+++ b/languages.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 en:
   PLUGIN_CUSTOM_BANNER:
-    CONTENT: Banner Content
+    CONTENT: Banner content
     CONTENT_HELP: Banner content must be valid HTML
-    BG_COLOUR: Background Colour
+    BG_COLOUR: Background colour
     BG_COLOUR_HELP: The colour of the banner background
-    FG_COLOUR: Foreground Colour
-    FG_COLOUR_HELP: The colour of the banner text (foreground)
-    BOX_SHADOW: Box Shadow
+    FG_COLOUR: Foreground colour
+    FG_COLOUR_HELP: The colour of the banner text
+    BOX_SHADOW: Box shadow
     BOX_SHADOW_HELP: Display a box shadow beneath the banner
-    BUTTON_TEXT: Button Text
+    BUTTON_TEXT: Button text
     BUTTON_TEXT_HELP: Button text must be valid HTML
     BUTTON_URL: Button URL
     BUTTON_URL_HELP: The location that the button links to
-    EXCLUDE_PAGES: Excluded Pages
+    EXCLUDE_PAGES: Excluded pages
     EXCLUDE_PAGES_HELP: Choose any pages you don't want the banner to appear on