diff --git a/.changeset/smooth-tigers-exist.md b/.changeset/smooth-tigers-exist.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42fc2d0171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smooth-tigers-exist.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/world": patch
+---
+
+Added a config resolver to add default values for `modules` in the world config.
diff --git a/packages/world/ts/config/v2/output.ts b/packages/world/ts/config/v2/output.ts
index 77e5ec2af1..102872d6ef 100644
--- a/packages/world/ts/config/v2/output.ts
+++ b/packages/world/ts/config/v2/output.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export type Module = {
    * The name of the module
    * @deprecated
    */
-  readonly name: string;
+  readonly name?: string;
   /** Should this module be installed as a root module? */
   readonly root: boolean;
   /** Arguments to be passed to the module's install method */
diff --git a/packages/world/ts/config/v2/world.ts b/packages/world/ts/config/v2/world.ts
index 92743fd2d5..424fab8400 100644
--- a/packages/world/ts/config/v2/world.ts
+++ b/packages/world/ts/config/v2/world.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ export type resolveNamespaceMode<input> = "namespaces" extends keyof input
       >;
     };
 
+type resolveModules<input> = { [key in keyof input]: mergeIfUndefined<input[key], MODULE_DEFAULTS> };
+
 export type resolveWorld<input> = resolveNamespaceMode<input> &
   Omit<resolveStore<input>, "multipleNamespaces" | "namespace" | "namespaces" | "tables"> & {
     readonly tables: flattenNamespacedTables<resolveNamespaceMode<input>>;
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ export type resolveWorld<input> = resolveNamespaceMode<input> &
     readonly excludeSystems: "excludeSystems" extends keyof input
       ? input["excludeSystems"]
       : CONFIG_DEFAULTS["excludeSystems"];
-    readonly modules: "modules" extends keyof input ? input["modules"] : CONFIG_DEFAULTS["modules"];
+    readonly modules: "modules" extends keyof input ? resolveModules<input["modules"]> : CONFIG_DEFAULTS["modules"];
     readonly codegen: show<resolveCodegen<"codegen" extends keyof input ? input["codegen"] : {}>>;
     readonly deploy: show<resolveDeploy<"deploy" extends keyof input ? input["deploy"] : {}>>;
   };