diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/DebugOptions.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/DebugOptions.cs
index a5b468c..93127fa 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/DebugOptions.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/DebugOptions.cs
@@ -68,19 +68,25 @@ namespace Acacia
         }
 
         public class EnumOption<EnumType> : Option<EnumType>
+            where EnumType : struct
         {
+            private readonly EnumType? _defaultValue;
+
             private EnumType DefaultValue
             {
                 get
                 {
+                    if (_defaultValue.HasValue)
+                        return (EnumType)_defaultValue;
                     return (EnumType)typeof(EnumType).GetEnumValues().GetValue(0);
                 }
             }
 
-            public EnumOption(string token) 
+            public EnumOption(string token, EnumType? defaultValue = null) 
             :
             base(token)
             {
+                this._defaultValue = defaultValue;
             }
 
             public override string GetToken(EnumType value)
diff --git a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/GlobalOptions.cs b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/GlobalOptions.cs
index ceca0c8..b31b125 100644
--- a/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/GlobalOptions.cs
+++ b/src/AcaciaZPushPlugin/AcaciaZPushPlugin/GlobalOptions.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace Acacia
             get { return GetOption(null, THREADING); }
             set { SetOption(null, THREADING, value); }
         }
-        private static readonly EnumOption<Threading> THREADING = new EnumOption<Threading>("Threading");
+        private static readonly EnumOption<Threading> THREADING = new EnumOption<Threading>("Threading", Threading.Background);
 
         [AcaciaOption("Enables or disables ZPush account checking. To enable advanced features, it must be known " + 
                       "which accounts use ZPush servers. This option checks responses from ActiveSync servers to " +