diff --git a/include/Arabica/getparam.hpp b/include/Arabica/getparam.hpp
index 798bdc42..7ba6bd44 100644
--- a/include/Arabica/getparam.hpp
+++ b/include/Arabica/getparam.hpp
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ struct get_param
     >::type type;
 }; // get_param
 #else
+template <typename T0, typename DefaultT>
+struct chosen_type { typedef T0 type; };
+
+template <typename DefaultT>
+struct chosen_type<Arabica::nil_t, DefaultT> { typedef DefaultT type; };
+
 template <typename BaseT, typename DefaultT, typename T0, typename T1>
 struct get_param
 {
-  typedef T0 type;
+  typedef typename chosen_type<T0, DefaultT>::type type;
 };
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/SAX/ParserConfig.hpp b/include/SAX/ParserConfig.hpp
index fb90fa78..136dfe90 100644
--- a/include/SAX/ParserConfig.hpp
+++ b/include/SAX/ParserConfig.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace SAX
   template<class string_type, class T0 = Arabica::nil_t, class T1 = Arabica::nil_t>
 #else
 #ifndef USE_MSXML
-  template<class string_type, class T0 = Arabica::default_string_adaptor<string_type>, class T1 = Arabica::nil_t>
+  template<class string_type, class T0 = Arabica::nil_t, class T1 = Arabica::nil_t>
 #else
   template<class string_type, class T0 = Arabica::default_string_adaptor<string_type>, class T1 = SAX::COMSingleThreadInitializer>
 #endif