diff --git a/src/js/plyr.js b/src/js/plyr.js
index 6a3deade..bed09827 100644
--- a/src/js/plyr.js
+++ b/src/js/plyr.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class Plyr {
         this.config = utils.extend(
             {},
             defaults,
+            Plyr.defaults,
             options || {},
             (() => {
                 try {
@@ -1269,4 +1270,6 @@ class Plyr {
     }
 }
 
+Plyr.defaults = utils.cloneDeep(defaults);
+
 export default Plyr;
diff --git a/src/js/utils.js b/src/js/utils.js
index ebfb9c96..5c4934a1 100644
--- a/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/src/js/utils.js
@@ -703,6 +703,11 @@ const utils = {
         return array.filter((item, index) => array.indexOf(item) === index);
     },
 
+    // Clone nested objects
+    cloneDeep(object) {
+        return JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(object));
+    },
+
     // Get the closest value in an array
     closest(array, value) {
         if (!utils.is.array(array) || !array.length) {