diff --git a/server/lib/blueprints/types.ts b/server/lib/blueprints/types.ts
index 9049e4dc6..ff3996417 100644
--- a/server/lib/blueprints/types.ts
+++ b/server/lib/blueprints/types.ts
@@ -816,25 +816,20 @@ export const ConfigSchema = z
     .object({
         "proxy-resources": z
             .record(z.string(), PublicResourceSchema)
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
         "public-resources": z
             .record(z.string(), PublicResourceSchema)
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
         "client-resources": z
             .record(z.string(), PrivateResourceSchema)
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
         "private-resources": z
             .record(z.string(), PrivateResourceSchema)
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
         "public-policies": z
             .record(z.string(), ResourcePolicySchema)
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
-        sites: z.record(z.string(), SiteSchema).optional().prefault({})
+        sites: z.record(z.string(), SiteSchema).prefault({})
     })
     .transform((data) => {
         // Merge public-resources into proxy-resources
diff --git a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
index 734d960f9..6d95fe26a 100644
--- a/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
+++ b/server/lib/readConfigFile.ts
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ export const configSchema = z
                 maxmind_db_path: z.string().optional(),
                 maxmind_asn_path: z.string().optional()
             })
-            .optional()
             .prefault({}),
         postgres: z
             .object({