diff --git a/lib/gollum/wiki.rb b/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
index dd6b2e14..0402d61b 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/wiki.rb
@@ -166,26 +166,31 @@ module Gollum
         options[:access] = path
         path             = path.path
       end
-      @path          = path
-      @repo_is_bare  = options[:repo_is_bare]
-      @page_file_dir = options[:page_file_dir]
-      @access        = options[:access]       || GitAccess.new(path, @page_file_dir, @repo_is_bare)
-      @base_path     = options[:base_path]    || "/"
-      @page_class    = options[:page_class]   || self.class.page_class
-      @file_class    = options[:file_class]   || self.class.file_class
-      @markup_classes = options[:markup_classes] || self.class.markup_classes
-      @repo          = @access.repo
-      @ref           = options[:ref] || self.class.default_ref
-      @sanitization  = options[:sanitization] || self.class.sanitization
-      @ws_subs       = options[:ws_subs] ||
-        self.class.default_ws_subs
-      @history_sanitization = options[:history_sanitization] ||
-        self.class.history_sanitization
-      @live_preview  = options[:live_preview] || true
-      @universal_toc = options[:universal_toc] || false
-      @mathjax = options[:mathjax] || false
-      @show_all = options[:show_all] || false
-      @collapse_tree = options[:collapse_tree] || false
+
+      # Use .fetch instead of ||
+      #
+      # o = { :a => false }
+      # o[:a] || true # => true
+      # o.fetch :a, true # => false
+
+      @path                 = path
+      @repo_is_bare         = options.fetch :repo_is_bare, nil
+      @page_file_dir        = options.fetch :page_file_dir, nil
+      @access               = options.fetch :access, GitAccess.new(path, @page_file_dir, @repo_is_bare)
+      @base_path            = options.fetch :base_path, "/"
+      @page_class           = options.fetch :page_class, self.class.page_class
+      @file_class           = options.fetch :file_class, self.class.file_class
+      @markup_classes       = options.fetch :markup_classes, self.class.markup_classes
+      @repo                 = @access.repo
+      @ref                  = options.fetch :ref, self.class.default_ref
+      @sanitization         = options.fetch :sanitization, self.class.sanitization
+      @ws_subs              = options.fetch :ws_subs, self.class.default_ws_subs
+      @history_sanitization = options.fetch :history_sanitization, self.class.history_sanitization
+      @live_preview         = options.fetch :live_preview,  true
+      @universal_toc        = options.fetch :universal_toc, false
+      @mathjax              = options.fetch :mathjax, false
+      @show_all             = options.fetch :show_all, false
+      @collapse_tree        = options.fetch :collapse_tree, false
     end
 
     # Public: check whether the wiki's git repo exists on the filesystem.