diff --git a/src/card.ts b/src/card.ts
index 05ce6225..5c940fe6 100644
--- a/src/card.ts
+++ b/src/card.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import throttle from 'lodash-es/throttle';
 import screenfull from 'screenfull';
 import { ViewContext } from 'view';
 import 'web-dialog';
-import { z } from 'zod';
 import pkg from '../package.json';
 import { actionHandler } from './action-handler-directive.js';
 import { AutomationsController } from './automations';
@@ -94,6 +93,7 @@ import {
   createViewWithSelectedSubstream,
 } from './utils/substream';
 import { Timer } from './utils/timer';
+import { getParseErrorPaths } from './utils/zod.js';
 import { View } from './view/view.js';
 
 /** A note on media callbacks:
@@ -341,67 +341,6 @@ class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     return this._cameraManager.getStore().getCameraConfig(this._view.camera);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Get configuration parse errors.
-   * @param error The ZodError object from parsing.
-   * @returns An array of string error paths.
-   */
-  protected _getParseErrorPaths<T>(error: z.ZodError<T>): Set<string> | null {
-    /* Zod errors involving unions are complex, as Zod may not be able to tell
-     * where the 'real' error is vs simply a union option not matching. This
-     * function finds all ZodError "issues" that don't have an error with 'type'
-     * in that object ('type' is the union discriminator for picture elements,
-     * the major union in the schema). An array of user-readable error
-     * locations is returned, or an empty list if none is available. None being
-     * available suggests the configuration has an error, but we can't tell
-     * exactly why (or rather Zod simply says it doesn't match any of the
-     * available unions). This usually suggests the user specified an incorrect
-     * type name entirely. */
-    const contenders = new Set<string>();
-    if (error && error.issues) {
-      for (let i = 0; i < error.issues.length; i++) {
-        const issue = error.issues[i];
-        if (issue.code == 'invalid_union') {
-          const unionErrors = (issue as z.ZodInvalidUnionIssue).unionErrors;
-          for (let j = 0; j < unionErrors.length; j++) {
-            const nestedErrors = this._getParseErrorPaths(unionErrors[j]);
-            if (nestedErrors && nestedErrors.size) {
-              nestedErrors.forEach(contenders.add, contenders);
-            }
-          }
-        } else if (issue.code == 'invalid_type') {
-          if (issue.path[issue.path.length - 1] == 'type') {
-            return null;
-          }
-          contenders.add(this._getParseErrorPathString(issue.path));
-        } else if (issue.code != 'custom') {
-          contenders.add(this._getParseErrorPathString(issue.path));
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return contenders;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Convert an array of strings and indices into a more user readable string,
-   * e.g. [a, 1, b, 2] => 'a[1] -> b[2]'
-   * @param path An array of strings and numbers.
-   * @returns A single string.
-   */
-  protected _getParseErrorPathString(path: (string | number)[]): string {
-    let out = '';
-    for (let i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
-      const item = path[i];
-      if (typeof item == 'number') {
-        out += '[' + item + ']';
-      } else if (out) {
-        out += ' -> ' + item;
-      } else {
-        out = item;
-      }
-    }
-    return out;
-  }
 
   /**
    * Set the card configuration.
@@ -415,7 +354,7 @@ class FrigateCard extends LitElement {
     const parseResult = frigateCardConfigSchema.safeParse(inputConfig);
     if (!parseResult.success) {
       const configUpgradeable = isConfigUpgradeable(inputConfig);
-      const hint = this._getParseErrorPaths(parseResult.error);
+      const hint = getParseErrorPaths(parseResult.error);
       let upgradeMessage = '';
       if (configUpgradeable && getLovelace().mode !== 'yaml') {
         upgradeMessage = `${localize('error.upgrade_available')}. `;
diff --git a/src/utils/zod.ts b/src/utils/zod.ts
index 2298797c..d3d53e8b 100644
--- a/src/utils/zod.ts
+++ b/src/utils/zod.ts
@@ -56,3 +56,65 @@ export function getParseErrorKeys<T>(error: z.ZodError<T>): string[] {
   const errors = error.format();
   return Object.keys(errors).filter((v) => !v.startsWith('_'));
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get configuration parse errors.
+ * @param error The ZodError object from parsing.
+ * @returns An array of string error paths.
+ */
+export const getParseErrorPaths = <T>(error: z.ZodError<T>): Set<string> | null => {
+  /* Zod errors involving unions are complex, as Zod may not be able to tell
+   * where the 'real' error is vs simply a union option not matching. This
+   * function finds all ZodError "issues" that don't have an error with 'type'
+   * in that object ('type' is the union discriminator for picture elements,
+   * the major union in the schema). An array of user-readable error
+   * locations is returned, or an empty list if none is available. None being
+   * available suggests the configuration has an error, but we can't tell
+   * exactly why (or rather Zod simply says it doesn't match any of the
+   * available unions). This usually suggests the user specified an incorrect
+   * type name entirely. */
+  const contenders = new Set<string>();
+  if (error && error.issues) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < error.issues.length; i++) {
+      const issue = error.issues[i];
+      if (issue.code == 'invalid_union') {
+        const unionErrors = (issue as z.ZodInvalidUnionIssue).unionErrors;
+        for (let j = 0; j < unionErrors.length; j++) {
+          const nestedErrors = getParseErrorPaths(unionErrors[j]);
+          if (nestedErrors && nestedErrors.size) {
+            nestedErrors.forEach(contenders.add, contenders);
+          }
+        }
+      } else if (issue.code == 'invalid_type') {
+        if (issue.path[issue.path.length - 1] == 'type') {
+          return null;
+        }
+        contenders.add(getParseErrorPathString(issue.path));
+      } else if (issue.code != 'custom') {
+        contenders.add(getParseErrorPathString(issue.path));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return contenders;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Convert an array of strings and indices into a more user readable string,
+ * e.g. [a, 1, b, 2] => 'a[1] -> b[2]'
+ * @param path An array of strings and numbers.
+ * @returns A single string.
+ */
+const getParseErrorPathString = (path: (string | number)[]): string => {
+  let out = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
+    const item = path[i];
+    if (typeof item == 'number') {
+      out += '[' + item + ']';
+    } else if (out) {
+      out += ' -> ' + item;
+    } else {
+      out = item;
+    }
+  }
+  return out;
+};
diff --git a/tests/utils/zod.test.ts b/tests/utils/zod.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d55f48e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/zod.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import {
+    deepRemoveDefaults,
+    getParseErrorKeys,
+    getParseErrorPaths,
+} from '../../src/utils/zod';
+
+describe('deepRemoveDefaults', () => {
+  it('should remove string defaults', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      string: z.string().default('foo'),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({});
+    expect(result.string).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should remove array defaults', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      array: z.string().array().default(['foo']),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({});
+    expect(result.array).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should remove optional defaults', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      string: z.string().default('foo').optional(),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({});
+    expect(result.string).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should remove null defaults', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      null: z.string().default('foo').nullable(),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({});
+    expect(result.null).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should remove null defaults', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      tuple: z.tuple([z.string()]).default(['foo']),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({});
+    expect(result.tuple).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+  it('should not interfere with parsing', () => {
+    const schema = z.object({
+      string: z.string().default('foo'),
+    });
+    const result = deepRemoveDefaults(schema).parse({ string: 'moo' });
+    expect(result.string).toBe('moo');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getParseErrorKeys', () => {
+  it('should get error keys', () => {
+    const result = z.object({ required: z.string() }).safeParse({});
+    expect(result.success).toBeFalsy();
+    if (result.success) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(getParseErrorKeys(result.error)).toEqual(['required']);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getParseErrorPaths', () => {
+  it('should get simple error paths', () => {
+    const result = z.object({ required: z.string() }).safeParse({});
+    expect(result.success).toBeFalsy();
+    if (result.success) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(getParseErrorPaths(result.error)).toEqual(new Set(['required']));
+  });
+  it('should get union error paths', () => {
+    const type_one = z.object({ type: z.string(), data: z.string() });
+    const type_two = z.object({ type: z.literal('two'), data: z.string() });
+
+    const schema = z.object({
+      array: type_one.or(type_two).array(),
+    });
+
+    const result = schema.safeParse({ array: [{}] });
+    expect(result.success).toBeFalsy();
+    if (result.success) {
+      return;
+    }
+    expect(getParseErrorPaths(result.error)).toEqual(
+      new Set(['array[0] -> type', 'array[0] -> data']),
+    );
+  });
+});