diff --git a/src/components/Widgets/Clock.vue b/src/components/Widgets/Clock.vue
index 26414db2..9b238f45 100644
--- a/src/components/Widgets/Clock.vue
+++ b/src/components/Widgets/Clock.vue
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ export default {
       return this.timeZone.split('/')[1].replaceAll('_', ' ');
     },
     showSeconds() {
-      if (this.options.hideSeconds) return !this.options.hideSeconds;
-      // this is the default
-      return true;
+      return !this.options.hideSeconds;
     },
     use12Hour() {
-      if (this.options.use12Hour) return this.options.use12Hour;
+      if (typeof this.options.use12Hour === "boolean") return this.options.use12Hour;
       // this is the default, it gets computed by the DateTimeFormat implementation
       return Intl.DateTimeFormat(this.timeFormat, { timeZone: this.timeZone, hour: 'numeric' }).resolvedOptions().hour12 ?? false;
     },