diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
index 2d28c962..dbf6d73b 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript.hpp
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ 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::default_options())
         : ChaiScript_Basic(
             chaiscript::Std_Lib::library(),
             std::make_unique<parser::ChaiScript_Parser<eval::Noop_Tracer, optimizer::Optimizer_Default>>(),
diff --git a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
index 4cb09da7..6e241572 100644
--- a/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
+++ b/unittests/compiled_tests.cpp
@@ -1316,4 +1316,10 @@ TEST_CASE("Test throwing and catching custom exception")
 }
 
 
+TEST_CASE("Test ability to get 'use' function from default construction")
+{
+  chaiscript::ChaiScript chai;
+  const auto use_function = chai.eval<std::function<chaiscript::Boxed_Value (const std::string &)>>("use");
+}
+