diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/backends/RenderConfigReader.kt b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/backends/RenderConfigReader.kt
index 781600e97..06de2c9c4 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/backends/RenderConfigReader.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/backends/RenderConfigReader.kt
@@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ class RenderConfigReader {
         mapper.registerModule(
             KotlinModule.Builder()
                 .withReflectionCacheSize(512)
-                .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyCollection, false)
-                .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyMap, false)
+                .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyCollection, true)
+                .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyMap, true)
                 .configure(KotlinFeature.NullIsSameAsDefault, false)
-                .configure(KotlinFeature.SingletonSupport, false)
-                .configure(KotlinFeature.StrictNullChecks, false)
+                .configure(KotlinFeature.SingletonSupport, true)
+                .configure(KotlinFeature.StrictNullChecks, true)
                 .build()
         )
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/OpenVRHMD.kt b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/OpenVRHMD.kt
index 1f661221f..6de3f2828 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/OpenVRHMD.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/OpenVRHMD.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
 import graphics.scenery.*
 import graphics.scenery.backends.Display
@@ -1271,7 +1272,15 @@ open class OpenVRHMD(val seated: Boolean = false, val useCompositor: Boolean = t
                 compositeFile.exists() && compositeFile.length() > 1024 -> {
                     logger.info("Loading model from composite JSON, ${compositeFile.absolutePath}")
                     val mapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory())
-                    mapper.registerModule(KotlinModule())
+                    mapper.registerModule(
+                        KotlinModule.Builder()
+                            .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyCollection, true)
+                            .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyMap, true)
+                            .configure(KotlinFeature.NullIsSameAsDefault, false)
+                            .configure(KotlinFeature.SingletonSupport, true)
+                            .configure(KotlinFeature.StrictNullChecks, true)
+                            .build()
+                    )
                     mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
                     mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_IGNORED_PROPERTIES, false)
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/ScreenConfig.kt b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/ScreenConfig.kt
index feeef21fc..8f5b9d2d9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/ScreenConfig.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/graphics/scenery/controls/ScreenConfig.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import org.joml.Vector3f
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.kotlin.KotlinModule
 import graphics.scenery.utils.JsonDeserialisers
 import graphics.scenery.utils.lazyLogger
@@ -142,7 +143,15 @@ class ScreenConfig {
          */
         @JvmStatic fun loadFromFile(path: String): ScreenConfig.Config {
             val mapper = ObjectMapper(YAMLFactory())
-            mapper.registerModule(KotlinModule())
+            mapper.registerModule(
+                KotlinModule.Builder()
+                    .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyCollection, true)
+                    .configure(KotlinFeature.NullToEmptyMap, true)
+                    .configure(KotlinFeature.NullIsSameAsDefault, false)
+                    .configure(KotlinFeature.SingletonSupport, true)
+                    .configure(KotlinFeature.StrictNullChecks, true)
+                    .build()
+            )
 
             var stream = ScreenConfig::class.java.getResourceAsStream(path)