diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index eac226b..0c1fccf 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ export const defaultInterval = 60
 export const defaultNotifyInterval = 300
 
 const configSchema = z.object({
+    defaults: z.object({
+        retries: z.number().int().min(0).default(1),
+        interval: z.number().default(30)
+    }),
     alertEndpoints: z.array(z.object({
         enabled: z.boolean(),
         name: z.string()
@@ -26,10 +30,10 @@ const configSchema = z.object({
     ]))),
     pollEndpoints: z.array(z.object({
         name: z.string(),
-        interval: z.number().default(60),
+        interval: z.number().optional(),
         notifyInterval: z.number().default(300),
         alertEndpoints: z.array(z.string()),
-        retries: z.number().int().min(0).default(1)
+        retries: z.number().int().min(0).optional()
     }).and(z.union([
         z.object({
             type: z.literal("fetch"),
diff --git a/src/handler.ts b/src/handler.ts
index 079af14..19b6535 100644
--- a/src/handler.ts
+++ b/src/handler.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { State } from "."
-import { Config, defaultNotifyInterval } from "./config"
+import { Config, defaultNotifyInterval, config } from "./config"
 import { notify } from "./notify"
 import { formatTS } from "./utils"
 
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ export const handleDown = (endpointState: EndpointState, curTime: number, endpoi
 
     endpointState.attemptsFailed++   
     console.log(`Endpoint ${endpoint.name} has failed ${endpointState.attemptsFailed} times`) 
-    
+
     if (!prevDown) endpointState.downStart = curTime
 
     if (curTime - endpointState.lastDownAlert < (endpoint.notifyInterval) * 1000) return
     
-    if (endpointState.attemptsFailed > endpoint.retries) {
+    if (endpointState.attemptsFailed > (endpoint.retries ?? config.defaults.retries)) {
         const message = prevDown ? 
         `[${formatTS(curTime)}] ${endpoint.name} is still down and initially went down at ${formatTS(endpointState.downStart)}` :
         `[${formatTS(curTime)}] ${endpoint.name} went down`
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 033e4e2..78d3fdb 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const executor = async () => {
         config.pollEndpoints.map(async endpoint => {
         const endpointState = state.get(endpoint.name)
         if (endpointState === undefined) console.log(`Could not find endpoint for ${endpoint.name}`)
-        else if (curTime - endpointState.lastExec > ((endpoint.interval) * 1000)) {
+        else if (curTime - endpointState.lastExec > ((endpoint.interval ?? config.defaults.interval) * 1000)) {
             console.log(`Time to poll ${endpoint.name}`)
             endpointState.lastExec = curTime
             if (await isEndpointUp(endpoint)) handleUp(endpointState, curTime, endpoint)