diff --git a/packages/core/dev-test/index.html b/packages/core/dev-test/index.html
index b7c4ce5b..cd2724a5 100644
--- a/packages/core/dev-test/index.html
+++ b/packages/core/dev-test/index.html
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@
             '---\ntitle: "This is post # ' +
             i +
             `\"\ndraft: ${i % 2 === 0}` +
+            '\nimage: /assets/uploads/lobby.jpg' +
             '\ndate: ' +
             dateString +
             'T00:00:00.000Z\n---\n# The post is number ' +
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/media-library/common/MediaLibrary.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/media-library/common/MediaLibrary.tsx
index e224ae9a..2aa6a6e1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/media-library/common/MediaLibrary.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/media-library/common/MediaLibrary.tsx
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ const MediaLibrary: FC<TranslatedProps<MediaLibraryProps>> = ({
   const [selectedFile, setSelectedFile] = useState<MediaFile | null>(null);
   const [query, setQuery] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
 
+  const config = useAppSelector(selectConfig);
+
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const {
     isVisible,
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ const MediaLibrary: FC<TranslatedProps<MediaLibraryProps>> = ({
     isLoading,
     hasNextPage,
     isPaginating,
-    config: mediaConfig,
+    config: mediaConfig = config?.media_library ?? {},
     dynamicSearchQuery,
     page,
     collection,
@@ -94,7 +96,6 @@ const MediaLibrary: FC<TranslatedProps<MediaLibraryProps>> = ({
     insertOptions,
   } = useAppSelector(selectMediaLibraryState);
 
-  const config = useAppSelector(selectConfig);
   const entry = useAppSelector(selectEditingDraft);
 
   const [url, setUrl] = useState<string | string[] | undefined>(initialValue ?? '');
diff --git a/packages/core/src/reducers/mediaLibrary.ts b/packages/core/src/reducers/mediaLibrary.ts
index b2036608..caa7ceff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/reducers/mediaLibrary.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/reducers/mediaLibrary.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export type MediaLibraryState = {
   controlID?: string;
   page?: number;
   files?: MediaFile[];
-  config: MediaLibraryConfig;
+  config?: MediaLibraryConfig;
   collection?: Collection;
   collectionFile?: CollectionFile;
   field?: MediaField;
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ const defaultState: MediaLibraryState = {
   showMediaButton: true,
   controlMedia: {},
   displayURLs: {},
-  config: {},
 };
 
 function mediaLibrary(