diff --git a/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/SystemShell.swift b/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/SystemShell.swift
index b891a55..5b17004 100644
--- a/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/SystemShell.swift
+++ b/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/SystemShell.swift
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extension SystemShell {
             arguments: arguments,
             currentDirectoryURL: currentDirectoryURL?._fromURLToFileURL() ?? self.currentDirectoryURL,
             environmentVariables: self.environmentVariables.merging(environmentVariables, uniquingKeysWith: { $1 }),
-            options: options ?? []
+            options: options
         )
         
         return try await process.run()
diff --git a/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/_AsyncProcess.swift b/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/_AsyncProcess.swift
index fb99c7a..08c7e41 100644
--- a/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/_AsyncProcess.swift
+++ b/Sources/Merge/Intramodular/Process/_AsyncProcess.swift
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ extension _AsyncProcess {
         arguments: [String],
         currentDirectoryURL: URL? = nil,
         environmentVariables: [String: String] = [:],
-        options: [_AsyncProcess.Option]
+        options: [_AsyncProcess.Option]?
     ) throws {
         try self.init(
             existingProcess: nil,
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ extension _AsyncProcess {
         arguments: [String],
         currentDirectoryURL: URL? = nil,
         environmentVariables: [String: String] = [:],
-        options: [_AsyncProcess.Option]
+        options: [_AsyncProcess.Option]?
     ) throws {
         try self.init(
             executableURL: launchPath.map({ URL(fileURLWithPath: $0) }),