diff --git a/lib/config/builder/value.ts b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
index 3172ac7..9df7191 100644
--- a/lib/config/builder/value.ts
+++ b/lib/config/builder/value.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,28 @@ import { guardAll } from "../../util";
 import { DefaultString } from "../configTypes";
 import { _ } from "../../util";
 
-function flatten<A>(a: A): _<A> {
-  return a as _<A>;
+type RequiredLike<A> =
+  | false
+  | true
+  | { default: A }
+  | { defaultWithRequired: A };
+
+function requiredLikeToAbove<Input extends RequiredLike<any>>(
+  requiredLike: Input,
+) {
+  // prettier-ignore
+  return {
+    default: 
+      (typeof requiredLike === "object" ? (
+        'default' in requiredLike ? requiredLike.default : requiredLike.defaultWithRequired
+      ) : 
+      null) as Input extends { default: infer T } | {defaultWithRequired: infer T} ? T : null,
+    required: (requiredLike === true ? true : false) as (
+      Input extends true ? true :
+      Input extends { defaultWithRequired: unknown } ? true :    
+      false
+    ),
+  };
 }
 /**
  * A value is going to be part of the form in the FE of the OS.
@@ -55,26 +75,33 @@ export class Value<A extends ValueSpec> extends IBuilder<A> {
       ...a,
     });
   }
-  static text<
-    A extends {
-      name: string;
-      description: string | null;
-      warning: string | null;
-      required: boolean;
-      default: DefaultString | null;
-      /** Default = false */
-      masked: boolean;
-      placeholder: string | null;
-      minLength: number | null;
-      maxLength: number | null;
-      patterns: Pattern[];
-      /** Default = 'text' */
-      inputmode: ValueSpecText["inputmode"];
-    },
-  >(a: A) {
+
+  static text<Required extends RequiredLike<DefaultString>>(a: {
+    name: string;
+    description?: string | null;
+    warning?: string | null;
+    required: Required;
+    /** Default = false */
+    masked?: boolean;
+    placeholder?: string | null;
+    minLength?: number | null;
+    maxLength?: number | null;
+    patterns?: Pattern[];
+    /** Default = 'text' */
+    inputmode?: ValueSpecText["inputmode"];
+  }) {
     return new Value({
       type: "text" as const,
+      description: null,
+      warning: null,
+      masked: false,
+      placeholder: null,
+      minLength: null,
+      maxLength: null,
+      patterns: [],
+      inputmode: "text",
       ...a,
+      ...requiredLikeToAbove(a.required),
     });
   }
   static textarea(a: {
diff --git a/lib/test/configBuilder.test.ts b/lib/test/configBuilder.test.ts
index efe2ef7..e2c6cdd 100644
--- a/lib/test/configBuilder.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/configBuilder.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ describe("builder tests", () => {
     } = Config.of({
       "peer-tor-address": Value.text({
         name: "Peer tor address",
-        default: null,
         description: "The Tor address of the peer interface",
         warning: null,
         required: true,
@@ -31,17 +30,17 @@ describe("builder tests", () => {
       /*json*/ `{
     "peer-tor-address": {
       "type": "text",
-      "name": "Peer tor address",
-      "default": null,
       "description": "The Tor address of the peer interface",
       "warning": null,
-      "required": true,
       "masked": true,
       "placeholder": null,
       "minLength": null,
       "maxLength": null,
       "patterns": [],
-      "inputmode":"text"
+      "inputmode":"text",
+      "name": "Peer tor address",
+      "required": true,
+      "default": null
     }}`
         .replaceAll("\n", " ")
         .replaceAll(/\s{2,}/g, "")
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ describe("values", () => {
       required: false,
       description: null,
       warning: null,
-      default: null,
       masked: false,
       placeholder: null,
       minLength: null,
@@ -86,7 +84,6 @@ describe("values", () => {
       required: true,
       description: null,
       warning: null,
-      default: null,
       masked: false,
       placeholder: null,
       minLength: null,
@@ -340,7 +337,6 @@ describe("Nested nullable values", () => {
         description:
           "If no name is provided, the name from config will be used",
         required: false,
-        default: null,
         warning: null,
         masked: false,
         placeholder: null,
diff --git a/lib/test/makeOutput.ts b/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
index 7895985..212e107 100644
--- a/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
+++ b/lib/test/makeOutput.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ writeConvertedFileFromOld(
                 spec: {
                   hostname: {
                     type: "string",
-                    nullable: false,
+                    nullable: true,
                     name: "Hostname",
                     description: "Domain or IP address of bitcoin peer",
                     pattern:
diff --git a/lib/test/output.test.ts b/lib/test/output.test.ts
index f061ec0..6e5ad78 100644
--- a/lib/test/output.test.ts
+++ b/lib/test/output.test.ts
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ export function testOutput<A, B>(): (c: IfEquals<A, B>) => null {
 
 /// Testing the types of the input spec
 testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["enable"], boolean>()(null);
-// @ts-expect-error Because enable should be a boolean
-testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["enable"], string>()(null);
+testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["username"], string>()(null);
 testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["username"], string>()(null);
 
 testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["advanced"]["auth"], string[]>()(null);
@@ -28,9 +27,10 @@ testOutput<
   "segwit" | "non-segwit"
 >()(null);
 testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["advanced"]["servertimeout"], number>()(null);
-testOutput<InputSpec["advanced"]["peers"]["addnode"][0]["hostname"], string>()(
-  null,
-);
+testOutput<
+  InputSpec["advanced"]["peers"]["addnode"][0]["hostname"],
+  string | null | undefined
+>()(null);
 testOutput<
   InputSpec["testListUnion"][0]["union"][UnionValueKey]["name"],
   string
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ testOutput<
 testOutput<InputSpec["testListUnion"][0]["union"][UnionSelectKey], "lnd">()(
   null,
 );
+
+// @ts-expect-error Because enable should be a boolean
+testOutput<InputSpec["rpc"]["enable"], string>()(null);
 // prettier-ignore
 // @ts-expect-error Expect that the string is the one above
 testOutput<InputSpec["testListUnion"][0][UnionSelectKey][UnionSelectKey], "unionSelectKey">()(null);
diff --git a/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts b/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
index 3cfc492..1bc9c0c 100644
--- a/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
+++ b/scripts/oldSpecToBuilder.ts
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ export default async function makeFileContentFromOld(
         return `${rangeToTodoComment(value?.range)}Value.text(${JSON.stringify(
           {
             name: value.name || null,
-            default: value.default || null,
+            // prettier-ignore
+            required: (
+              value.default != null && !value.nullable ? {default: value.default} :
+              value.default != null && value.nullable ? {defaultWithRequired: value.default} :
+              !value.nullable
+            ),
             description: value.description || null,
             warning: value.warning || null,
-            required: !(value.nullable || false),
             masked: value.masked || false,
             placeholder: value.placeholder || null,
             inputmode: "text",