diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a37ceb6..0607945 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "focus"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 72d7c26..1a3e649 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type BeamResult = TaskResult<beam_lib::RawString>;
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize, Clone)]
 struct Metadata {
     project: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
     execute: bool,
 }
 
@@ -463,3 +464,22 @@ fn beam_result(task: BeamTask, measure_report: String) -> Result<BeamResult, Foc
         data,
     ))
 }
+
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    const METADATA_STRING : &str = "{\"project\": \"exliquid\"}";
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_metadata_deserialization_default() {
+
+        let metadata: Metadata = serde_json::from_str(METADATA_STRING).unwrap_or(Metadata {
+            project: "default_obfuscation".to_string(),
+            execute: true,
+        });
+
+        assert!(!metadata.execute);
+
+    }
+
+}
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