diff --git a/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.kt b/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14dd0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+class Test {
+    
+    override fun dostuff(x: Int) {}
+    
+    fun otherMethod(x: Int = 5) {}
+}
diff --git a/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.swift b/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.swift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5cce7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Tests/KotlinTokenizer/overrideargs.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class Test {
+    override func dostuff(x: Int = 5) {
+    }
+
+    func otherMethod(x: Int = 5) {
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/KotlinTokenizer.swift b/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/KotlinTokenizer.swift
index fde5b74..1712163 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/KotlinTokenizer.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/KotlinTokenizer.swift
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class KotlinTokenizer: SwiftTokenizer {
             .replacing({ $0.value == "let"},
                        with: [constant.newToken(.keyword, "val")])
     }
-
+    
     open override func tokenize(_ declaration: FunctionDeclaration) -> [Token] {
         let attrsTokens = tokenize(declaration.attributes, node: declaration)
         let modifierTokens = declaration.modifiers.map { tokenize($0, node: declaration) }
@@ -35,15 +35,21 @@ public class KotlinTokenizer: SwiftTokenizer {
             genericParameterClauseTokens
         ].joined(token: declaration.newToken(.space, " "))
         
-        let signatureTokens = tokenize(declaration.signature, node: declaration)
+        var signatureTokens = tokenize(declaration.signature, node: declaration)
         let bodyTokens = declaration.body.map(tokenize) ?? []
-        
-        return [
+
+        if declaration.isOverride {
+            // overridden methods can't have default args in kotlin:
+            signatureTokens = removeDefaultArgsFromParameters(tokens:signatureTokens)
+        }
+        let tokens = [
             headTokens,
             [declaration.newToken(.identifier, declaration.name)] + signatureTokens,
             bodyTokens
         ].joined(token: declaration.newToken(.space, " "))
         .prefix(with: declaration.newToken(.linebreak, "\n"))
+        
+        return tokens
     }
 
     open override func tokenize(_ parameter: FunctionSignature.Parameter, node: ASTNode) -> [Token] {
@@ -1071,10 +1077,39 @@ public class KotlinTokenizer: SwiftTokenizer {
         interpolatedString += remainingText
         return [node.newToken(.string, interpolatedString)]
     }
+
+    // function used to remove default arguments from override functions, since kotlin doesn't have them
+    private func removeDefaultArgsFromParameters(tokens:[Token]) -> [Token] {
+        var newTokens = [Token]()
+        var removing = false
+        var bracket = false
+        for t in tokens {
+            if removing && t.kind == .startOfScope && t.value == "(" {
+                bracket = true
+            }
+            if bracket && t.kind == .endOfScope && t.value == ")" {
+                bracket = false
+                removing = false
+                continue
+            }
+            if t.kind == .symbol && (t.value.contains("=")) {
+                removing = true
+            }
+            if t.kind == .delimiter && t.value.contains(",") {
+                removing = false
+            }
+            if !bracket && removing && t.kind == .endOfScope && t.value == ")" {
+                removing = false
+            }
+            if !removing {
+                newTokens.append(t)
+            }
+        }
+        return newTokens
+    }
 }
 
 public typealias InvertedConditionList = [InvertedCondition]
 public struct InvertedCondition: ASTTokenizable {
     public let condition: Condition
 }
-
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/utils/AST+Operations.swift b/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/utils/AST+Operations.swift
index 7e098c3..c0fb1fd 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/utils/AST+Operations.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftKotlinFramework/utils/AST+Operations.swift
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ extension FunctionDeclaration {
     var isStatic: Bool {
         return modifiers.isStatic
     }
+    var isOverride: Bool {
+        return modifiers.isOverride
+    }
 }
 
 extension StructDeclaration.Member {
@@ -118,6 +121,10 @@ extension Collection where Iterator.Element == DeclarationModifier {
     var isLazy: Bool {
         return self.contains(where: { $0.isLazy })
     }
+
+    var isOverride: Bool {
+        return self.contains(where: { $0.isOverride })
+    }
 }
 
 extension DeclarationModifier {
@@ -134,6 +141,13 @@ extension DeclarationModifier {
         default: return false
         }
     }
+
+    var isOverride: Bool {
+        switch self {
+        case .override: return true
+        default: return false
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 extension SuperclassExpression {