diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e014b60..b5d177a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ async fn run_postwoman(args: &PostWomanArgs, name: String, collection: PostWoman
 			// this is always safe to compile because we tested it beforehand
 			let pattern = regex::Regex::new(query).expect("tested it before and still failed here???");
 			let mut joinset = tokio::task::JoinSet::new();
-			let client = std::sync::Arc::new(collection.client);
-			let env = std::sync::Arc::new(collection.env);
+			let client = std::sync::Arc::new(collection.client.unwrap_or_default());
+			let env = std::sync::Arc::new(collection.env.unwrap_or_default());
 			for (name, mut endpoint) in collection.route {
 				if pattern.find(&name).is_some() {
 					if *debug { endpoint.extract = Some(ext::StringOr::T(model::ExtractorConfig::Debug)) };
diff --git a/src/model/mod.rs b/src/model/mod.rs
index 8a32d65..2a7f263 100644
--- a/src/model/mod.rs
+++ b/src/model/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ pub use extractor::ExtractorConfig;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)]
 pub struct PostWomanCollection {
-	pub client: ClientConfig,
-	pub env: toml::Table,
+	pub client: Option<ClientConfig>,
+	pub env: Option<toml::Table>,
 	pub include: Option<Vec<String>>,
 	// it's weird to name it singular but makes more sense in config
 	pub route: indexmap::IndexMap<String, EndpointConfig>,