diff --git a/Byond.TopicSender/Byond.TopicSender.csproj b/Byond.TopicSender/Byond.TopicSender.csproj
index 549bc6b..6f7f047 100644
--- a/Byond.TopicSender/Byond.TopicSender.csproj
+++ b/Byond.TopicSender/Byond.TopicSender.csproj
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
-    <Version>8.0.0</Version>
+    <Version>8.0.1</Version>
     <Authors>Jordan Dominion</Authors>
     <Description>Library for asynchronously sending valid topic strings to /world/Topic() in BYOND servers.</Description>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://Cyberboss.github.io/Byond.TopicSender</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/Cyberboss/Byond.TopicSender</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>Git</RepositoryType>
     <Copyright>Copyright (c) Jordan Brown 2018</Copyright>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>Fixed potential double data reads occurring. Switched to using ValueTask return values. Switched to using records ans d structs where appropriate. Updated Microsoft packages to version 8.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>Fixed regression removing default `null` for `TopicClient`'s `logger` constructor parameter.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <PackageTags>byond topic packet sender</PackageTags>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
diff --git a/Byond.TopicSender/TopicClient.cs b/Byond.TopicSender/TopicClient.cs
index ac0806c..49d0ae5 100644
--- a/Byond.TopicSender/TopicClient.cs
+++ b/Byond.TopicSender/TopicClient.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public sealed class TopicClient : ITopicClient
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="socketParameters">The <see cref="SocketParameters"/> to use.</param>
 		/// <param name="logger">The optional <see cref="ILogger"/> to use.</param>
-		public TopicClient(SocketParameters socketParameters, ILogger? logger)
+		public TopicClient(SocketParameters socketParameters, ILogger? logger = null)
 		{
 			this.socketParameters = socketParameters;
 			this.logger = logger ?? new NullLogger<TopicClient>();