diff --git a/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs b/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
index 4b82c5361afd..81a001773e62 100644
--- a/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
+++ b/plugins/examples/cln-plugin-startup.rs
@@ -2,25 +2,28 @@
 //! plugins using the Rust API against Core Lightning.
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_json;
-use cln_plugin::{messages, options, Builder, Error, Plugin};
+use cln_plugin::options::{DefaultIntegerConfigOption, IntegerConfigOption};
+use cln_plugin::{messages, Builder, Error, Plugin};
 use tokio;
 
 const TEST_NOTIF_TAG: &str = "test_custom_notification";
 
+const TEST_OPTION: DefaultIntegerConfigOption = DefaultIntegerConfigOption::new_i64_with_default(
+    "test-option",
+    42,
+    "a test-option with default 42",
+);
+
+const TEST_OPTION_NO_DEFAULT: IntegerConfigOption =
+    IntegerConfigOption::new_i64_no_default("opt-option", "An option without a default");
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let state = ();
 
     if let Some(plugin) = Builder::new(tokio::io::stdin(), tokio::io::stdout())
-        .option(options::ConfigOption::new_i64_with_default(
-            "test-option",
-            42,
-            "a test-option with default 42",
-        ))
-        .option(options::ConfigOption::new_i64_no_default(
-            "opt-option",
-            "An optional option",
-        ))
+        .option(TEST_OPTION)
+        .option(TEST_OPTION_NO_DEFAULT)
         .rpcmethod("testmethod", "This is a test", testmethod)
         .rpcmethod(
             "testoptions",
@@ -46,8 +49,13 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
 }
 
 async fn testoptions(p: Plugin<()>, _v: serde_json::Value) -> Result<serde_json::Value, Error> {
+    let test_option = p.option(&TEST_OPTION)?;
+    let test_option_no_default = p
+        .option(&TEST_OPTION_NO_DEFAULT)?;
+
     Ok(json!({
-        "opt-option": format!("{:?}", p.option_str("opt-option").unwrap())
+        "test-option": test_option,
+        "opt-option" : test_option_no_default
     }))
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/src/options.rs b/plugins/src/options.rs
index cb976798df18..843ee6e95021 100644
--- a/plugins/src/options.rs
+++ b/plugins/src/options.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ pub mod config_type {
     pub struct Flag;
 }
 
-
 /// Config values are represented as an i64. No default is used
 pub type IntegerConfigOption<'a> = ConfigOption<'a, config_type::Integer>;
 /// Config values are represented as a String. No default is used.
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ pub type DefaultBooleanConfigOption<'a> = ConfigOption<'a, config_type::DefaultB
 /// Config value is represented as a flag
 pub type FlagConfigOption<'a> = ConfigOption<'a, config_type::Flag>;
 
-
 pub trait OptionType {
     type OutputValue;
     type DefaultValue;
@@ -614,8 +612,7 @@ mod test {
         // The main goal of this test is to test compilation
 
         // Initiate every type as a const
-        const _: FlagConfigOption =
-            ConfigOption::new_flag("flag-option", "A flag option");
+        const _: FlagConfigOption = ConfigOption::new_flag("flag-option", "A flag option");
         const _: DefaultBooleanConfigOption =
             ConfigOption::new_bool_with_default("bool-option", false, "A boolean option");
         const _: BooleanConfigOption =
diff --git a/tests/test_cln_rs.py b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
index eda1d9f61f35..de97ec717223 100644
--- a/tests/test_cln_rs.py
+++ b/tests/test_cln_rs.py
@@ -67,18 +67,20 @@ def test_plugin_start(node_factory):
     l1.daemon.wait_for_log(r'Got a connect notification')
 
 
-def test_plugin_optional_opts(node_factory):
+def test_plugin_options_handle_defaults(node_factory):
     """Start a minimal plugin and ensure it is well-behaved
     """
     bin_path = Path.cwd() / "target" / RUST_PROFILE / "examples" / "cln-plugin-startup"
-    l1 = node_factory.get_node(options={"plugin": str(bin_path), 'opt-option': 31337})
+    l1 = node_factory.get_node(options={"plugin": str(bin_path), 'opt-option': 31337, "test-option": 31338})
     opts = l1.rpc.testoptions()
-    print(opts)
+    assert opts["opt-option"] == 31337
+    assert opts["test-option"] == 31338
 
     # Do not set any value, should be None now
     l1 = node_factory.get_node(options={"plugin": str(bin_path)})
     opts = l1.rpc.testoptions()
-    print(opts)
+    assert opts["opt-option"] is None, "opt-option has no default"
+    assert opts["test-option"] == 42, "test-option has a default of 42"
 
 
 def test_grpc_connect(node_factory):