diff --git a/src/tidylib.c b/src/tidylib.c
index 7501607..0d7dc88 100755
--- a/src/tidylib.c
+++ b/src/tidylib.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ ctmbstr TIDY_CALL       tidyOptGetDefault( TidyOption topt )
 {
     const TidyOptionImpl* option = tidyOptionToImpl( topt );
     if ( option && option->type == TidyString )
-        return (ctmbstr) option->dflt;
+        return option->pdflt; /* Issue #306 - fix an old typo hidden by a cast! */
     return NULL;
 }
 ulong TIDY_CALL          tidyOptGetDefaultInt( TidyOption topt )