diff --git a/.changeset/serious-shirts-teach.md b/.changeset/serious-shirts-teach.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20d3c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-shirts-teach.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"ultraflag": patch
+---
+
+Fixes an edge case where passing an empty `argv` array would return an empty object without default values.
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c6d13eb..2ca8e90 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import type {
-  ParseOptions,
+  Aliases,
   Args,
-  NestedMapping,
-  Values,
   BooleanType,
-  StringType,
   Collectable,
-  Aliases,
+  NestedMapping,
+  ParseOptions,
+  StringType,
+  Values,
 } from "./types.js";
 export { ParseOptions, Args } from "./types.js";
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const set = (obj: NestedMapping, key: string, value: any, type?: string) => {
     const parts = key.split(".");
     for (let i = 0; i < parts.length - 1; i++) {
       const k = parts[i];
-      let tmp = {};
+      const tmp = {};
       set(obj, k, tmp);
       obj = tmp;
     }
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ export function parse<
     ...types
   }: ParseOptions<TBooleans, TStrings, TCollectable, TDefaults, TAliases> = {}
 ): Args<TArgs> {
-  if (argv.length === 0) return {} as Args<TArgs>;
   const obj = { ...defaults, _: [] } as unknown as Args<TArgs>;
+  if (argv.length === 0) return obj;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < argv.length; i++) {
     const curr = argv[i];