diff --git a/src/lib/main/snippet.ts b/src/lib/main/snippet.ts
index eaec17d4..9251f028 100644
--- a/src/lib/main/snippet.ts
+++ b/src/lib/main/snippet.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export function snippet(
     // remove any previously patched functions
     if (top == win) {
       (config!.forward || []).map(function (forwardProps) {
-        const { property } = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
+        const [property] = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
         delete win[property.split('.')[0] as any];
       });
     }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ export function snippet(
     // this is the top window
     // patch the functions that'll be forwarded to the worker
     (config.forward || []).map(function (forwardProps) {
-      const { property, preserveBehavior } = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
+      const [property, { preserveBehavior }] = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
       mainForwardFn = win;
       property.split('.').map(function (_, i, forwardPropsArr) {
         mainForwardFn = mainForwardFn[forwardPropsArr[i]] =
diff --git a/src/lib/sandbox/main-forward-trigger.ts b/src/lib/sandbox/main-forward-trigger.ts
index a098a880..2aaef22b 100644
--- a/src/lib/sandbox/main-forward-trigger.ts
+++ b/src/lib/sandbox/main-forward-trigger.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const mainForwardTrigger = (worker: PartytownWebWorker, $winId$: WinId, w
   win._ptf = undefined;
 
   forwards.map((forwardProps) => {
-    const { property, preserveBehavior } = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
+    const [property, { preserveBehavior }] = resolvePartytownForwardProperty(forwardProps);
     mainForwardFn = win;
     property.split('.').map((_, i, arr) => {
       mainForwardFn = mainForwardFn[arr[i]] =
diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index e212c334..9613764c 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -522,7 +522,11 @@ export interface PartytownConfig {
   nonce?: string;
 }
 
-export type PartytownForwardSettingsProperty = { property: string; preserveBehavior: boolean };
+export type PartytownForwardPropertySettings = {
+  preserveBehavior?: boolean;
+};
+
+export type PartytownForwardPropertyWithSettings = [string, PartytownForwardPropertySettings?];
 
 /**
  * A forward property to patch on `window`. The forward config property is an string,
@@ -532,7 +536,7 @@ export type PartytownForwardSettingsProperty = { property: string; preserveBehav
  *
  * @public
  */
-export type PartytownForwardProperty = string | PartytownForwardSettingsProperty;
+export type PartytownForwardProperty = string | PartytownForwardPropertyWithSettings;
 
 /**
  * @public
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 5cdde5d3..2ed2d59a 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import type {
   ApplyPath,
   MainWindow,
   PartytownForwardProperty,
-  PartytownForwardSettingsProperty,
+  PartytownForwardPropertySettings,
+  PartytownForwardPropertyWithSettings,
   RandomId,
   StringIndexable,
 } from './types';
@@ -145,16 +146,19 @@ export const isValidUrl = (url: any): boolean => {
   }
 };
 
+const defaultPartytownForwardPropertySettings: Required<PartytownForwardPropertySettings> = {
+  preserveBehavior: false,
+};
+
 export const resolvePartytownForwardProperty = (
-  property: PartytownForwardProperty
-): PartytownForwardSettingsProperty => {
-  if (typeof property === 'string') {
-    return {
-      property,
-      preserveBehavior: false,
-    };
+  propertyOrPropertyWithSettings: PartytownForwardProperty
+): Required<PartytownForwardPropertyWithSettings> => {
+  if (typeof propertyOrPropertyWithSettings === 'string') {
+    return [propertyOrPropertyWithSettings, defaultPartytownForwardPropertySettings];
   }
-  return property;
+  const [property, settings = defaultPartytownForwardPropertySettings] =
+    propertyOrPropertyWithSettings;
+  return [property, { ...defaultPartytownForwardPropertySettings, ...settings }];
 };
 
 type GetOriginalBehaviorReturn = {
diff --git a/tests/integrations/event-forwarding/index.html b/tests/integrations/event-forwarding/index.html
index 41d6b048..2b7780ce 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/event-forwarding/index.html
+++ b/tests/integrations/event-forwarding/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           'superDuperFunction',
           'superArray.push',
           'KiwiSizing',
-          { property: 'superPreservedArray.unshift', preserveBehavior: true },
+          ['superPreservedArray.unshift', { preserveBehavior: true }],
         ],
         logCalls: true,
         logGetters: true,
diff --git a/tests/integrations/gtm/preserve-behavior.html b/tests/integrations/gtm/preserve-behavior.html
index 0ea58eca..1f1ab1fc 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/gtm/preserve-behavior.html
+++ b/tests/integrations/gtm/preserve-behavior.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
           return url;
         },
-        forward: [{ property: 'dataLayer.push', preserveBehavior: true }],
+        forward: [['dataLayer.push', { preserveBehavior: true }]],
         logCalls: true,
         logGetters: true,
         logSetters: true,