diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe3007b..78ed336 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2457,7 +2457,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "objdiff"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "byteorder",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a5cc068..c658753 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "objdiff"
-version = "0.4.3"
+version = "0.4.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.65"
 authors = ["Luke Street <luke@street.dev>"]
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 043cfbd..fc36cdc 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -54,23 +54,38 @@ pub struct ObjectConfig {
 #[inline]
 fn bool_true() -> bool { true }
 
+#[inline]
+fn default_watch_patterns() -> Vec<Glob> {
+    DEFAULT_WATCH_PATTERNS.iter().map(|s| Glob::new(s).unwrap()).collect()
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
 pub struct AppConfig {
     // TODO: https://github.com/ron-rs/ron/pull/455
     // #[serde(flatten)]
     // pub version: AppConfigVersion,
     pub version: u32,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub custom_make: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub selected_wsl_distro: Option<String>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub project_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub target_obj_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub base_obj_dir: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub selected_obj: Option<ObjectConfig>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub build_target: bool,
     #[serde(default = "bool_true")]
     pub rebuild_on_changes: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub auto_update_check: bool,
+    #[serde(default = "default_watch_patterns")]
     pub watch_patterns: Vec<Glob>,
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub recent_projects: Vec<PathBuf>,
 
     #[serde(skip)]