From a10ffa93429603c43f4ba943cc1dd44501cdcf9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Baltzell <baltzell@jlab.org>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 19:18:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] support null defaults

---
 .../src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java       | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
index 5ffcac4963..684dba4aa7 100644
--- a/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
+++ b/common-tools/clas-utils/src/main/java/org/jlab/utils/options/OptionValue.java
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ public boolean parse(List<String> arguments){
     }
 
     public boolean isDefault() {
-        return this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);
+        return this.optionValue==null || this.optionValue.equals(this.optionDefault);
     }
 }