diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
index 6f9cb07c..997fb2a8 100644
--- a/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/crawlconfigs.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Seed(BaseModel):
     sitemap: Union[bool, HttpUrl, None]
     allowHash: Optional[bool]
     depth: Optional[int]
-    extraHops: Optional[int] = 0
+    extraHops: Optional[int]
 
 
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