diff --git a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
index 307d43bd..efbb0762 100644
--- a/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
+++ b/crates/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@ $ rad config
   "preferredSeeds": [
     "z6MkrLMMsiPWUcNPHcRajuMi9mDfYckSoJyPwwnknocNYPm7@iris.radicle.network:8776"
   ],
-  "web": {
-    "pinned": {
-      "repositories": []
-    }
-  },
   "cli": {
     "hints": true
   },
@@ -83,12 +78,7 @@ $ rad config schema
     },
     "web": {
       "description": "Web configuration.",
-      "$ref": "#/$defs/WebConfig",
-      "default": {
-        "pinned": {
-          "repositories": []
-        }
-      }
+      "$ref": "#/$defs/WebConfig"
     },
     "cli": {
       "description": "CLI configuration.",
@@ -154,10 +144,7 @@ $ rad config schema
           ],
           "format": "uri"
         }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "pinned"
-      ]
+      }
     },
     "Pinned": {
       "description": "Pinned content. This can be used to pin certain content when/nlisting, e.g. pin repositories on a web client.",
@@ -171,10 +158,7 @@ $ rad config schema
             "$ref": "#/$defs/RepoId"
           }
         }
-      },
-      "required": [
-        "repositories"
-      ]
+      }
     },
     "RepoId": {
       "description": "A repository identifier.",
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/profile/config.rs b/crates/radicle/src/profile/config.rs
index f0157a3e..a831e7aa 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/profile/config.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/profile/config.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub preferred_seeds: Vec<node::config::ConnectAddress>,
     /// Web configuration.
-    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "crate::serde_ext::is_default")]
     pub web: web::Config,
     /// CLI configuration.
     #[serde(default)]
diff --git a/crates/radicle/src/web.rs b/crates/radicle/src/web.rs
index 4094b5d5..4af339f5 100644
--- a/crates/radicle/src/web.rs
+++ b/crates/radicle/src/web.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::prelude::RepoId;
 
 /// Web configuration.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[cfg_attr(
     feature = "schemars",
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use crate::prelude::RepoId;
 )]
 pub struct Config {
     /// Pinned content.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "crate::serde_ext::is_default")]
     pub pinned: Pinned,
     /// URL pointing to an image used in the header of a node page.
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
@@ -30,14 +31,36 @@ pub struct Config {
 
 /// Pinned content. This can be used to pin certain content when
 /// listing, e.g. pin repositories on a web client.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "schemars", derive(schemars::JsonSchema))]
 pub struct Pinned {
     /// Pinned repositories.
+    #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "crate::serde_ext::is_default")]
     #[cfg_attr(
         feature = "schemars",
         schemars(with = "std::collections::HashSet<RepoId>")
     )]
     pub repositories: IndexSet<RepoId>,
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn description_only() {
+        let value = serde_json::json!({
+            "description": "A node description",
+        });
+        let _: Config = serde_json::from_value(value).unwrap();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn pinned_empty() {
+        let value = serde_json::json!({
+            "pinned": {},
+        });
+        let _: Config = serde_json::from_value(value).unwrap();
+    }
+}