diff --git a/lua/Polydev/globals.lua b/lua/Polydev/globals.lua
index 76478c3..86455e7 100644
--- a/lua/Polydev/globals.lua
+++ b/lua/Polydev/globals.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ M.config = {
 }
 
 function M.setup(opts)
-    M.config = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", M.config, opts or {})
+    opts = opts or {}
+
+    -- Make sure nested tables are deep-merged
+    M.config.terminal = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", M.config.terminal, opts.terminal or {})
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/Polydev/python.lua b/lua/Polydev/python.lua
index 47109de..35f8be4 100644
--- a/lua/Polydev/python.lua
+++ b/lua/Polydev/python.lua
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ M.config = {
 }
 
 function M.setup(opts)
-    M.config = utils.deep_merge_with_defaults(opts, M.config)
-
+    M.config = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", M.config, opts or {})
     for key, command in pairs(M.config.keybinds) do
 	if command == "PythonRun" then M.c_run = key end
 	if command == "PythonPip" then M.new_pip_module = key end
diff --git a/lua/Polydev/utils.lua b/lua/Polydev/utils.lua
index 70a1455..2b50f64 100644
--- a/lua/Polydev/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/Polydev/utils.lua
@@ -1,23 +1,6 @@
 local M = {}
 local term_cfg = require("Polydev.globals").config.terminal
 
-function M.deep_merge_with_defaults(user_opts, default_opts)
-    local result = vim.deepcopy(default_opts or {})
-
-    local function merge(user, default)
-        for k, v in pairs(default) do
-            if type(v) == "table" and type(user[k]) == "table" then
-                merge(user[k], v)
-            elseif user[k] == nil then
-                user[k] = v
-            end
-        end
-    end
-
-    merge(user_opts or {}, result)
-    return user_opts or result
-end
-
 function M.write_file(path, content)
     local file = assert(io.open(path, "w"), "Error creating file: " .. path)
     file:write(content)