diff --git contrib/views_slideshow_singleframe/views_slideshow_singleframe.views_slideshow.inc contrib/views_slideshow_singleframe/views_slideshow_singleframe.views_slideshow.inc
index 8272dcc..763915e 100644
--- contrib/views_slideshow_singleframe/views_slideshow_singleframe.views_slideshow.inc
+++ contrib/views_slideshow_singleframe/views_slideshow_singleframe.views_slideshow.inc
@@ -20,10 +20,20 @@ function views_slideshow_singleframe_views_slideshow_option_definition() {
       'sort' => array('default' => 1),
       'effect' => array('default' => 'fade'),
       'speed' => array('default' => 700), //normal
+      'delay' => array('default' => 0),
+      'random' => array('default' => 0),
+      'pause' => array('default' => 1),
+      'controls' => array('default' => 0),
+      'pager' => array('default' => 0),
+      'pager_type' => array('default' => 0),
+      'page_hover' => array('default' => 2),
+      'image_count' => array('default' => 0),
+      'sync' => array('default' => 1),
+      'advanced' => array('default' => ''),
       'ie' => array(
         'contains' => array(
-          'cleartype' => array('default' => TRUE),
-          'cleartypenobg' => array('default' => FALSE),
+          'cleartype' => array('default' => 'true'),
+          'cleartypenobg' => array('default' => 'false'),
         ),
       ),
       'advanced' => array('default' => ''),
@@ -61,19 +71,19 @@ function views_slideshow_singleframe_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$form
   $form['singleframe']['timeout'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Timer delay'),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['timeout'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['timeout'] : 1000,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['timeout'],
     '#description' => t('Amount of time in milliseconds between transitions.')
   );
   $form['singleframe']['delay'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Initial slide delay offset'),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['delay'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['delay'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['delay'],
     '#description' => t('Amount of time in milliseconds for the first slide to transition. This number will be added to Timer delay to create the initial delay.  For example if Timer delay is 4000 and Initial delay is 2000 then the first slide will change at 6000ms (6 seconds).  If Initial delay is -2000 then the first slide will change at 2000ms (2 seconds).')
   );
   $form['singleframe']['speed'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Speed'),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['speed'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['speed'] : 700,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['speed'],
     '#description' => t('Time in milliseconds that each transition lasts. Numeric only!'),  
   );
   $form['singleframe']['random'] = array(
@@ -81,48 +91,48 @@ function views_slideshow_singleframe_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$form
     '#title' => t('Random'),
     '#description' => t('This option controls the order items are displayed. The default setting, False, uses the views ordering. True will cause the images to display in a random order.'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('False'), 1 => t('True')),
-    '#default_value' => isset($view->options['singleframe']['random'])? $view->options['singleframe']['random'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['random'],
   );
   $form['singleframe']['pause'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('Pause'),
     '#options' => array(1 => t('Yes'),2 => t('No')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['pause'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['pause'] : 1,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['pause'],
     '#description' => t('Pause when hovering on the slideshow image.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['controls'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Controls'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('None'),1 => t('Top'),2 => t('Bottom')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['controls'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['controls'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' =>$view->options['singleframe']['controls'],
     '#description' => t('Determine if controls for the slideshow (start/stop/next/previous) should appear, and if so whether they should appear before or after the slideshow.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['pager'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Pager'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('None'),1 => t('Top'),2 => t('Bottom')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['pager'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['pager'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' =>$view->options['singleframe']['pager'],
     '#description' => t('Determine if a pager for the slideshow (1|2|3) should appear, and if so whether they should appear before or after the slideshow.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['pager_type'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Pager Type'),
     '#options' => array('Numbered' => t('Numbered'),'Thumbnails' => t('Thumbnails')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['pager_type'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['pager_type'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' =>$view->options['singleframe']['pager_type'],
     '#description' => t('What the pager should look like.  Thumbnails grabs the first image in each slideshow item.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['pager_hover'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Activate Slide and Pause on Pager Hover'),
     '#options' => array(1 => t('Yes'),2 => t('No')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['pager_hover'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['pager_hover'] : 2,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['pager_hover'],
     '#description' => t('Should the slide be activated and paused when hovering over a pager item.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['image_count'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Image Counter'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('None'),1 => t('Top'),2 => t('Bottom')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['image_count'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['image_count'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' =>$view->options['singleframe']['image_count'],
     '#description' => t('Determine if the Image Counter (1 of 4) should be displayed and if so whether they should appear before or after the slideshow.'),
   );
   $options = array(
@@ -159,20 +169,20 @@ function views_slideshow_singleframe_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$form
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Effect'),
     '#options' => $options,
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['singleframe']['effect'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['effect'] : 'fade',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['effect'],
     '#description' => t('The transition effect that will be used to change between images. Not all options below may be relevant depending on the effect.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['sync'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('Sync'),
     '#options' => array(1 => t('Yes'), 2 => t('No')),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['singleframe']['sync'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['sync'] : 1,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['sync'],
     '#description' => t('The sync option controls whether the slide transitions occur simultaneously. The default is yes which means that the current slide transitions out as the next slide transitions in. By setting the sync option to no you can get some interesting twists on your transitions.'),  
   );
   $form['singleframe']['advanced'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Advanced Options'),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['singleframe']['advanced'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['advanced'] : '',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['advanced'],
     '#description' => t('Add other jQuery cycle options one per line.  Ex. height: 350  !url', array('!url' => l('Click here for the additional options to add.', 'http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/options.html'))),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['ie'] = array(
@@ -185,14 +195,14 @@ function views_slideshow_singleframe_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$form
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('ClearType'),
     '#options' => array('true' => t('True'), 'false' => t('False')),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartype'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartype'] : 'true',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartype'],
     '#description' => t('True if clearType corrections should be applied (for IE).  Some background issues could be fixed by setting this to false.'),
   );
   $form['singleframe']['ie']['cleartypenobg'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('ClearType Background'),
     '#options' => array('true' => t('True'), 'false' => t('False')),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartypenobg'])) ? $view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartypenobg'] : 'false',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['singleframe']['ie']['cleartypenobg'],
     '#description' => t('Set to true to disable extra cleartype fixing (leave false to force background color setting on slides)'),
   );
 }
diff --git contrib/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover.views_slideshow.inc contrib/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover.views_slideshow.inc
index 5a88d33..10e09e9 100644
--- contrib/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover.views_slideshow.inc
+++ contrib/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover/views_slideshow_thumbnailhover.views_slideshow.inc
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_modes() {
 function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_option_definition() {
   $options['thumbnailhover'] = array(
     'contains' => array (
-      'default' => (module_exists('hoverintent') ? 'hoverIntent' : 'hover'),
       'timeout' => array('default' => 5000),
       'sort' => array('default' => 1),
       'effect' => array('default' => 'fade'),
@@ -24,10 +23,21 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_option_definition() {
       'fade_value' => array('default' => 0.25),
       'hover_breakout' => array('default' => 'teaser'),
       'teasers_last' => array('default' => TRUE),
+      'hover' => array('default' => module_exists('hoverintent') ? 'hoverIntent' : 'hover'),
+      'main_fields' => array('default' => array()),
+      'breakout_fields' => array('default' => array()),
+      'delay' => array('default' => 0),
+      'random' => array('default' => 0),
+      'pause' => array('default' => 1),
+      'pager_event' => array('default' => 'hover'),
+      'controls' => array('default' => 0),
+      'image_count' => array('default' => 0),
+      'sync' => array('default' => 1),
+      'advanced' => array('default' => ''),
       'ie' => array(
         'contains' => array(
-          'cleartype' => array('default' => TRUE),
-          'cleartypenobg' => array('default' => FALSE),
+          'cleartype' => array('default' => 'true'),
+          'cleartypenobg' => array('default' => 'false'),
         ),
       ),
       'advanced' => array('default' => ''),
@@ -68,14 +78,14 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
       '#type' => 'checkboxes',
       '#title' => t('Main frame fields'),
       '#options' => $options,
-      '#default_value' => (!empty($view->options['thumbnailhover']['main_fields'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['main_fields'] : array(),
+      '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['main_fields'],
       '#description' => t("Choose the fields that will appear in the main slide."),
     );
     $form['thumbnailhover']['breakout_fields'] = array(
       '#type' => 'checkboxes',
       '#title' => t('Breakout fields'),
       '#options' => $options,
-      '#default_value' => (!empty($view->options['thumbnailhover']['breakout_fields'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['breakout_fields'] : array(),
+      '#default_value' =>$view->options['thumbnailhover']['breakout_fields'],
       '#description' => t("Choose the fields that will appear in the breakout thumbnails."),
     );
   } 
@@ -103,7 +113,7 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
   $form['thumbnailhover']['delay'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => t('Initial slide delay offset'),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['delay'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['delay'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['delay'],
     '#description' => t('Amount of time in milliseconds for the first slide to transition. This number will be added to Timer delay to create the initial delay.  For example if Timer delay is 4000 and Initial delay is 2000 then the first slide will change at 6000ms (6 seconds).  If Initial delay is -2000 then the first slide will change at 2000ms (2 seconds).')
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['speed'] = array(
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
     '#title' => t('Random'),
     '#description' => t('This option controls the order items are displayed. The default setting, False, uses the views ordering. True will cause the images to display in a random order.'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('False'), 1 => t('True')),
-    '#default_value' => isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['random'])? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['random'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['random'],
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['pause'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
@@ -134,21 +144,21 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Pager Event'),
     '#options' => $options,
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['pager_event']) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['pager_event'] : 'hover'),
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['pager_event'],
     '#description' => t('Which event should be used to select an image from the breakout list.'),
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['controls'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Controls'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('None'),1 => t('Top'),2 => t('Bottom')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['controls'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['controls'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['controls'],
     '#description' => t('Determine if controls for the slideshow (start/stop/next/previous) should appear, and if so whether they should appear before or after the slideshow.'),
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['image_count'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Image Counter'),
     '#options' => array(0 => t('None'),1 => t('Top'),2 => t('Bottom')),
-    '#default_value' => (isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['image_count'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['image_count'] : 0,
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['image_count'],
     '#description' => t('Determine if Image Counter (1 of 4) should be displayed and if so whether they should appear before or after the slideshow.'),
   );
   $options = array(
@@ -198,7 +208,7 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
   $form['thumbnailhover']['advanced'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textarea',
     '#title' => t('Advanced Options'),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['advanced'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['advanced'] : '',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['advanced'],
     '#description' => t('Add other jQuery cycle options one per line.  Ex. height: 350  !url', array('!url' => l('Click here for the additional options to add.', 'http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/options.html'))),
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['ie'] = array(
@@ -211,14 +221,14 @@ function views_slideshow_thumbnailhover_views_slideshow_options_form(&$form, &$f
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('ClearType'),
     '#options' => array('true' => t('True'), 'false' => t('False')),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartype'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartype'] : 'true',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartype'],
     '#description' => t('True if clearType corrections should be applied (for IE).  Some background issues could be fixed by setting this to false.'),
   );
   $form['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartypenobg'] = array(
     '#type' => 'radios',
     '#title' => t('ClearType Background'),
     '#options' => array('true' => t('True'), 'false' => t('False')),
-    '#default_value' =>(isset($view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartypenobg'])) ? $view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartypenobg'] : 'false',
+    '#default_value' => $view->options['thumbnailhover']['ie']['cleartypenobg'],
     '#description' => t('Set to true to disable extra cleartype fixing (leave false to force background color setting on slides)'),
   );
 }
diff --git views_slideshow_plugin_style_slideshow.inc views_slideshow_plugin_style_slideshow.inc
index dd01817..e14a476 100644
--- views_slideshow_plugin_style_slideshow.inc
+++ views_slideshow_plugin_style_slideshow.inc
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class views_slideshow_plugin_style_slideshow extends views_plugin_style_list {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
 
     $options = array_merge($options, module_invoke_all('views_slideshow_option_definition'));
+    $options['mode'] = array('default' => '');
 
     return $options;
   }