diff --git a/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/backend.rs b/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/backend.rs
index d62ed9599..a32a2d394 100644
--- a/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/backend.rs
+++ b/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/backend.rs
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ pub fn process_mutating_request(
         LspRequest::Initialize(params) => {
             let initialization_options = params
                 .initialization_options
-                .and_then(|o| serde_json::from_str(o.as_str()?).ok())
+                .and_then(|o| serde_json::from_value(o).ok())
                 .unwrap_or(InitializationOptions::default());
 
             match editor_state.try_write(|es| es.settings = initialization_options.clone()) {
diff --git a/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/requests/capabilities.rs b/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/requests/capabilities.rs
index d5ed28463..f04e32bb8 100644
--- a/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/requests/capabilities.rs
+++ b/components/clarity-lsp/src/common/requests/capabilities.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use lsp_types::{
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize, Serialize, Default)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", default)]
 pub struct InitializationOptions {
     completion: bool,
     pub completion_smart_parenthesis_wrap: bool,