diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/usePersistentDeviceSettings.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/usePersistentDeviceSettings.ts
index c82489453..3d4796cc6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/hooks/usePersistentDeviceSettings.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/usePersistentDeviceSettings.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ import * as React from 'react';
  */
 interface UsePersistentDeviceSettingsOptions {
   /**
-   * The fallback value to use if no stored value is found.
+   * The default value to use if reading from local storage returns no results or fails.
    */
-  fallbackValues?: DeviceSettings;
+  defaults?: DeviceSettings;
   /**
    * Whether to prevent saving the device settings to local storage.
    * @defaultValue false
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ interface UsePersistentDeviceSettingsOptions {
  */
 export function usePersistentDeviceSettings(options: UsePersistentDeviceSettingsOptions = {}) {
   const [deviceSettings, setSettings] = React.useState<DeviceSettings>(
-    getDeviceSettings(options.fallbackValues),
+    getDeviceSettings(options.defaults),
   );
 
   const saveAudioInputEnabled = React.useCallback((isEnabled: boolean) => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/prefabs/PreJoin.tsx b/packages/react/src/prefabs/PreJoin.tsx
index ec977e445..0a7ff5a3b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/prefabs/PreJoin.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/prefabs/PreJoin.tsx
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export function PreJoin({
     saveVideoInputDeviceId,
     saveVideoInputEnabled,
   } = usePersistentDeviceSettings({
-    fallbackValues: {
+    defaults: {
       audioInputDeviceId: DEFAULT_USER_CHOICES.audioDeviceId,
       videoInputDeviceId: DEFAULT_USER_CHOICES.videoDeviceId,
       audioInputEnabled: DEFAULT_USER_CHOICES.audioEnabled,