diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed1bf778..4b93265d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 out/
 node_modules/
+.idea/
diff --git a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/defaults/lex-web-ui.js b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/defaults/lex-web-ui.js
index 4e0cb359..dad5f405 100644
--- a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/defaults/lex-web-ui.js
+++ b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/defaults/lex-web-ui.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export const configBase = {
   iframe: {
     iframeOrigin: '',
     iframeSrcPath: '',
-    shouldLoadIframeMinimized: true,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/index.js b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/index.js
index 45a871ec..ae6992db 100644
--- a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/index.js
+++ b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/index.js
@@ -156,13 +156,16 @@ export class IframeLoader extends Loader {
   }
 
   load(configParam = {}) {
-    this.config.iframe = this.config.iframe || {};
-    this.config.iframe.iframeSrcPath = this.mergeSrcPath(configParam);
-
     return super.load(configParam)
       .then(() => {
         // assign API to this object to make calls more succint
         this.api = this.compLoader.api;
+        // make sure iframe and iframeSrcPath are set to values if not
+        // configured by standard mechanisms. At this point, default
+        // values from ./defaults/loader.js will be used.
+        this.config.iframe = this.config.iframe || {};
+        this.config.iframe.iframeSrcPath = this.config.iframe.iframeSrcPath ||
+          this.mergeSrcPath(configParam);
       });
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/lib/iframe-component-loader.js b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/lib/iframe-component-loader.js
index 6e94fbd5..b6fbcaf8 100644
--- a/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/lib/iframe-component-loader.js
+++ b/src/lex-web-ui-loader/js/lib/iframe-component-loader.js
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ export class IframeComponentLoader {
       this.config.iframe.iframeOrigin =
         this.config.parentOrigin || window.location.origin;
     }
+    if (iframeConfig.shouldLoadIframeMinimized === undefined) {
+      this.config.iframe.shouldLoadIframeMinimized = true;
+    }
     // assign parentOrigin if not found in config
     if (!(this.config.parentOrigin)) {
       this.config.parentOrigin =
@@ -102,6 +105,11 @@ export class IframeComponentLoader {
       console.error('missing parentOrigin config field');
       return false;
     }
+    if (!('shouldLoadIframeMinimized' in iframeConfig)) {
+      console.error('missing shouldLoadIframeMinimized config field');
+      return false;
+    }
+
     return true;
   }