diff --git a/src/core/components/dag.js b/src/core/components/dag.js
index e43ea241f8..91541b79c7 100644
--- a/src/core/components/dag.js
+++ b/src/core/components/dag.js
@@ -9,6 +9,17 @@ const flattenDeep = require('lodash.flattendeep')
 module.exports = function dag (self) {
   return {
     put: promisify((dagNode, options, callback) => {
+      if (typeof options === 'function') {
+        callback = options
+      }
+
+      const optionDefaults = {
+        format: 'dag-pb',
+        hashAlg: 'sha2-256'
+      }
+
+      options = Object.assign({}, optionDefaults, options)
+
       self._ipld.put(dagNode, options, callback)
     }),