diff --git a/R/utils.R b/R/utils.R
index bf877f2..85d5c20 100644
--- a/R/utils.R
+++ b/R/utils.R
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 #'
 #' @return geojson
 #' @export
-apply_mapshaper_commands <- function(data, command, force_FC, sys = FALSE, sys_mem = 8) {
+#'
+apply_mapshaper_commands <- function(data, command, force_FC = TRUE, sys = FALSE, sys_mem = 8) {
 
   data <- as.character(data)
 
diff --git a/man/apply_mapshaper_commands.Rd b/man/apply_mapshaper_commands.Rd
index 119b980..d15c4e4 100644
--- a/man/apply_mapshaper_commands.Rd
+++ b/man/apply_mapshaper_commands.Rd
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
 \alias{apply_mapshaper_commands}
 \title{Apply a mapshaper command string to a geojson object}
 \usage{
-apply_mapshaper_commands(data, command, force_FC, sys = FALSE, sys_mem = 8)
+apply_mapshaper_commands(
+  data,
+  command,
+  force_FC = TRUE,
+  sys = FALSE,
+  sys_mem = 8
+)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{data}{geojson object or path to geojson file. If a file path, \code{sys}