diff --git a/lib/compass/configuration/serialization.rb b/lib/compass/configuration/serialization.rb
index 3e3606f5..afdf4fc5 100644
--- a/lib/compass/configuration/serialization.rb
+++ b/lib/compass/configuration/serialization.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Compass
       end
 
       module ClassMethods
-        def new_from_file(config_file, defaults)
+        def new_from_file(config_file, defaults = nil)
           data = Data.new(config_file)
           data.with_defaults(defaults) do
             data._parse(config_file)
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Compass
           data
         end
 
-        def new_from_string(contents, filename, defaults)
+        def new_from_string(contents, filename, defaults = nil)
           data = Data.new(filename)
           data.with_defaults(defaults) do
             data.parse_string(contents, filename)
diff --git a/test/rails_integration_test.rb b/test/rails_integration_test.rb
index 5e69ca9e..5fd30626 100644
--- a/test/rails_integration_test.rb
+++ b/test/rails_integration_test.rb
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class RailsIntegrationTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     begin
       generate_rails_app_directories("compass_rails")
       Dir.chdir "compass_rails" do
-        compass(*%w(--rails --trace --boring .)) do |responder|
-          responder.respond_to %r{^\s*Is this OK\? \(Y/n\)\s*$}, :with => "Y", :required => true
-          responder.respond_to %r{^\s*Emit compiled stylesheets to public/stylesheets/compiled/\? \(Y/n\)\s*$}, :with => "Y", :required => true
+        compass(*%w(init rails --trace --boring .)) do |responder|
+          responder.respond_to %r{^\s*Is this OK\? \(Y/n\)\s*$}, :with => "Y"
+          responder.respond_to %r{^\s*Emit compiled stylesheets to public/stylesheets/compiled/\? \(Y/n\)\s*$}, :with => "Y"
         end
         # puts ">>>#{@last_result}<<<"
         assert_action_performed :create, "./app/stylesheets/screen.scss"