diff --git a/packages/view/src/drivers/handlebars/handlebars-driver.ts b/packages/view/src/drivers/handlebars/handlebars-driver.ts
index 60bddb6a..667d9142 100644
--- a/packages/view/src/drivers/handlebars/handlebars-driver.ts
+++ b/packages/view/src/drivers/handlebars/handlebars-driver.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export class HandlebarsDriver extends ViewBaseDriver implements ViewEngine {
   /**
    * Returns the rendered HTML view.
    */
-  async render (view: string, data: any, viewConfig: ViewResponseConfig): Promise<string> {
+  async render (view: string, data: any, viewConfig: ViewResponseConfig = {}): Promise<string> {
     return this.hasLayout(viewConfig)
       ? await this.renderWithLayout(view, data, viewConfig)
       : await this.renderView(view, data)
diff --git a/packages/view/test/view-manager.js b/packages/view/test/view-manager.js
index efb347dd..5e20b2df 100644
--- a/packages/view/test/view-manager.js
+++ b/packages/view/test/view-manager.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test('throws for invalid views path', async () => {
 
   await expect(async () => {
     return view.render('test-view')
-  }).rejects.toThrow(`Path to view files not existing. Received ${viewsPath}`)
+  }).rejects.toThrow(`Path to view files not existing. Received "${viewsPath}"`)
 })
 
 test('throws when rendering a view with not-existing layout', async () => {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ test('throws for misconfigured layouts path', async () => {
 
   await expect(async () => {
     await view.render('test-view', { name: 'Supercharge ' }, { layout: 'test' })
-  }).rejects.toThrow(`Path to view layouts not existing. Received ${layoutsPath}`)
+  }).rejects.toThrow(`Path to view layouts not existing. Received "${layoutsPath}"`)
 })
 
 test('throws when rendering a view with not-existing layout', async () => {