diff --git a/src/cli.zig b/src/cli.zig
index e1ee6a5..34a9f89 100644
--- a/src/cli.zig
+++ b/src/cli.zig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ pub const setup_cmd: CommandT = .{
             .description = "Enable symbol accentuations " ++ genVals(Accent, null) ++ ".",
             .short_name = 'a',
             .long_name = "accents",
+            .allow_empty = true,
             .val = ValueT.ofType(Accent, .{
                 .name = "accents_list",
                 .alias_child_type = "[string]",
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 1c3cb55..de4cf35 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -856,6 +856,13 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     if (opts.get("accents")) |accents| {
         core.accents = accents.val.getAllAs(Accent) catch null;
+        if (accents.val.isEmpty()) {
+            core.accents = &[_]Accent{
+                .bright,
+                .bold,
+                .dim,
+            };
+        }
     }
 
     if (main_cmd.checkFlag("version")) {