diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 6703d46..c8f8835 100755
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ exports.header = function (uri, method, options) {
     }
 */
 
-exports.authenticate = function (res, credentials, artifacts, options = {}) {
+exports.authenticate = function (res, credentials, artifacts, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     artifacts = Hoek.clone(artifacts);
 
@@ -315,7 +317,9 @@ exports.getBewit = function (uri, options) {
     }
 */
 
-exports.message = function (host, port, message, options = {}) {
+exports.message = function (host, port, message, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     // Validate inputs
 
diff --git a/lib/server.js b/lib/server.js
index c28f47d..d43214d 100755
--- a/lib/server.js
+++ b/lib/server.js
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ const internals = {};
     Return value: { credentials, artifacts } or throws an error.
  */
 
-exports.authenticate = async function (req, credentialsFunc, options = {}) {
+exports.authenticate = async function (req, credentialsFunc, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     // Default options
 
@@ -249,7 +251,9 @@ exports.authenticatePayloadHash = function (calculatedHash, artifacts) {
     }
 */
 
-exports.header = function (credentials, artifacts, options = {}) {
+exports.header = function (credentials, artifacts, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     // Prepare inputs
 
@@ -314,7 +318,9 @@ exports.header = function (credentials, artifacts, options = {}) {
 internals.bewitRegex = /^(\/.*)([\?&])bewit\=([^&$]*)(?:&(.+))?$/;
 
 
-exports.authenticateBewit = async function (req, credentialsFunc, options = {}) {
+exports.authenticateBewit = async function (req, credentialsFunc, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     // Application time
 
@@ -450,7 +456,9 @@ exports.authenticateBewit = async function (req, credentialsFunc, options = {})
  * 'nonceFunc', 'timestampSkewSec', 'localtimeOffsetMsec'
  */
 
-exports.authenticateMessage = async function (host, port, message, authorization, credentialsFunc, options = {}) {
+exports.authenticateMessage = async function (host, port, message, authorization, credentialsFunc, options) {
+
+    options = options || {};
 
     // Default options
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5993251..977ca67 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hawk",
   "description": "HTTP Hawk Authentication Scheme",
-  "version": "7.0.1",
+  "version": "7.0.2",
   "author": "Eran Hammer <eran@hammer.io> (http://hueniverse.com)",
   "repository": "git://github.com/hueniverse/hawk",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
diff --git a/test/server.js b/test/server.js
index 5ee94a2..ab81a70 100755
--- a/test/server.js
+++ b/test/server.js
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ describe('Server', () => {
                 authorization: 'Hawk id="1", ts="1353788437", nonce="k3j4h2", mac="zy79QQ5/EYFmQqutVnYb73gAc/U=", ext="hello"'
             };
 
-            const err = await expect(Hawk.server.authenticateBewit(req, credentialsFunc)).to.reject('Resource path exceeds max length');
+            const err = await expect(Hawk.server.authenticateBewit(req, credentialsFunc, {})).to.reject('Resource path exceeds max length');
             expect(err.output.statusCode).to.equal(400);
         });
     });