diff --git a/src/camera.rs b/src/camera.rs
index fab8e82..2ebe320 100644
--- a/src/camera.rs
+++ b/src/camera.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn resolve_device(configured: &str, want: DeviceKind) -> Result<PathBuf> {
 /// Opens the device, captures, and drops it before returning — nothing about this
 /// camera is left streaming between polls.
 pub fn grab_rgb_luma(device: &str, width: u32, height: u32) -> Result<GrayFrame> {
-    let mut dev = v4l::Device::with_path(device)
+    let dev = v4l::Device::with_path(device)
         .with_context(|| format!("opening rgb camera {device}"))?;
 
     let requested_fourcc = FourCC::new(b"YUYV");
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pub fn grab_rgb_luma(device: &str, width: u32, height: u32) -> Result<GrayFrame>
         );
     }
 
-    let mut stream = MmapStream::with_buffers(&mut dev, Type::VideoCapture, 2)
+    let mut stream = MmapStream::with_buffers(&dev, Type::VideoCapture, 2)
         .context("starting rgb capture stream")?;
     stream.set_timeout(CAPTURE_TIMEOUT);
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pub fn grab_rgb_luma(device: &str, width: u32, height: u32) -> Result<GrayFrame>
 /// callers must not hold the IR camera open outside of this function, since that's
 /// what keeps the IR illuminator from flashing continuously.
 pub fn grab_ir_burst(device: &str, width: u32, height: u32, count: u32) -> Result<Vec<GrayFrame>> {
-    let mut dev =
+    let dev =
         v4l::Device::with_path(device).with_context(|| format!("opening ir camera {device}"))?;
 
     // V4L2 format is persistent device state — without explicitly setting it here,
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ pub fn grab_ir_burst(device: &str, width: u32, height: u32, count: u32) -> Resul
         );
     }
 
-    let mut stream = MmapStream::with_buffers(&mut dev, Type::VideoCapture, 2)
+    let mut stream = MmapStream::with_buffers(&dev, Type::VideoCapture, 2)
         .context("starting ir capture stream")?;
     stream.set_timeout(CAPTURE_TIMEOUT);
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 8e95ccf..562849d 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use anyhow::Result;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub camera: CameraConfig,
@@ -148,17 +148,6 @@ impl Default for BreadConfig {
     }
 }
 
-impl Default for Config {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            camera: CameraConfig::default(),
-            motion: MotionConfig::default(),
-            presence: PresenceConfig::default(),
-            bread: BreadConfig::default(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl Config {
     pub fn load(path: &PathBuf) -> Result<Self> {
         let cfg = if !path.exists() {