diff --git a/docs/src/interactive_overview.md b/docs/src/interactive_overview.md
index bf0b9913..90c2757f 100644
--- a/docs/src/interactive_overview.md
+++ b/docs/src/interactive_overview.md
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ To generate a mesh interactively you
 
 ## Advanced
 
-The `generate_mesh` function has two optional arguments. The first is the logical `verbose`
+The `generate_mesh` function has two optional arguments. The first is the Boolean `verbose`
 argument. One can pass `verbose=true` to output additional messages and information during
 the meshing process. The second is the integer `subdivision_maximum` argument.
 The default value is `subdivision_maximum=8`, meaning that elements can be up
diff --git a/src/HOHQMesh.jl b/src/HOHQMesh.jl
index be12d676..99c1daa6 100644
--- a/src/HOHQMesh.jl
+++ b/src/HOHQMesh.jl
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ This function returns the output to `stdout` of the HOHQMesh binary when generat
 function generate_mesh(control_file;
                        output_directory="out",
                        mesh_filename=nothing, plot_filename=nothing, stats_filename=nothing,
-                       verbose=false, subdivision_maximum=8)
+                       verbose=false, subdivision_maximum::Int=8)
   @assert isfile(control_file) "'$control_file' is not a valid path to an existing file"
 
   # Determine output filenames
@@ -230,11 +230,10 @@ function generate_mesh(control_file;
     flush(tmpio)
 
     # Run HOHQMesh and store output
-    str_subdivision_maximum = string(subdivision_maximum)
     if verbose
-      readchomp(`$(HOHQMesh_jll.HOHQMesh()) -sLimit $str_subdivision_maximum -verbose -f $tmppath`)
+      readchomp(`$(HOHQMesh_jll.HOHQMesh()) -sLimit $subdivision_maximum -verbose -f $tmppath`)
     else
-      readchomp(`$(HOHQMesh_jll.HOHQMesh()) -sLimit $str_subdivision_maximum -f $tmppath`)
+      readchomp(`$(HOHQMesh_jll.HOHQMesh()) -sLimit $subdivision_maximum -f $tmppath`)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/src/Mesh/Meshing.jl b/src/Mesh/Meshing.jl
index 088db3d4..17c0ece2 100644
--- a/src/Mesh/Meshing.jl
+++ b/src/Mesh/Meshing.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 """
-    generate_mesh(proj::Project; verbose::Bool, subdivision_maximum::Integer)
+    generate_mesh(proj::Project; verbose=false, subdivision_maximum=8)
 
 Generate a mesh from the information stored in a `Project` created using the
 interactive mesh functionality. First a check is made
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ function generate_mesh(proj::Project; verbose=false, subdivision_maximum=8)
 
     saveProject(proj)
     fileName       = joinpath(proj.projectDirectory,proj.name)*".control"
-    mesherOutput   = generate_mesh(fileName, output_directory = proj.projectDirectory,
-                                   verbose=verbose, subdivision_maximum=subdivision_maximum)
+    mesherOutput   = generate_mesh(fileName; output_directory = proj.projectDirectory,
+                                   verbose, subdivision_maximum)
     println(mesherOutput)
     postNotificationWithName(proj,"MESH_WAS_GENERATED_NOTIFICATION",(nothing,))
     return nothing