diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 888b1f2..61e10b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ release steps in [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Partial style overrides no longer discard the defaults. Passing something like
+  `focusPoint: { style: { width: "40px" } }` previously replaced the whole style
+  object, leaving the marker with no border, shadow or background instead of
+  just a different width. The same applied to `cropZone.style` and
+  `cropZone.handleStyle`. The nested style objects are now merged a level
+  deeper, so an override layers onto the defaults.
+
 ## [0.2.6] - 2026-09-05
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/visual-image-tool.js b/src/visual-image-tool.js
index e9520f2..acb779f 100644
--- a/src/visual-image-tool.js
+++ b/src/visual-image-tool.js
@@ -34,32 +34,57 @@ class VisualImageTool {
 		}
 
 		// Default options
+		const focusPointDefaults = {
+			enabled: true,
+			style: {
+				width: "30px",
+				height: "30px",
+				border: "3px solid white",
+				boxShadow: "0 0 0 2px black, 0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)",
+				backgroundColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)",
+			},
+		};
+
+		const cropZoneDefaults = {
+			enabled: true,
+			style: {
+				border: "1px dashed #fff",
+				backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)",
+			},
+			handleStyle: {
+				width: "14px",
+				height: "14px",
+				backgroundColor: "white",
+				border: "2px solid black",
+				boxShadow: "0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)",
+			},
+		};
+
+		// The style objects are merged a level deeper than the rest of the
+		// options: overriding one property should leave the others at their
+		// defaults, not drop them. A plain spread would replace the whole
+		// object, so `{ style: { width: "40px" } }` would leave the marker
+		// with no border, shadow or background at all.
 		this.options = {
 			focusPoint: {
-				enabled: true,
+				...focusPointDefaults,
+				...options.focusPoint,
 				style: {
-					width: "30px",
-					height: "30px",
-					border: "3px solid white",
-					boxShadow: "0 0 0 2px black, 0 0 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)",
-					backgroundColor: "rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)",
+					...focusPointDefaults.style,
+					...options.focusPoint?.style,
 				},
-				...options.focusPoint,
 			},
 			cropZone: {
-				enabled: true,
+				...cropZoneDefaults,
+				...options.cropZone,
 				style: {
-					border: "1px dashed #fff",
-					backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)",
+					...cropZoneDefaults.style,
+					...options.cropZone?.style,
 				},
 				handleStyle: {
-					width: "14px",
-					height: "14px",
-					backgroundColor: "white",
-					border: "2px solid black",
-					boxShadow: "0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)",
+					...cropZoneDefaults.handleStyle,
+					...options.cropZone?.handleStyle,
 				},
-				...options.cropZone,
 			},
 			onChange: options.onChange || (() => {}),
 			debug: options.debug || false,
diff --git a/src/visual-image-tool.test.js b/src/visual-image-tool.test.js
index 3a8e768..f2d1875 100644
--- a/src/visual-image-tool.test.js
+++ b/src/visual-image-tool.test.js
@@ -199,4 +199,82 @@ describe("VisualImageTool", () => {
 		expect(instance.interaction.cropResizing).toBe(true);
 		expect(instance.interaction.activeHandle).toBe("br");
 	});
+
+	describe("partial style overrides", () => {
+		// Overriding one style property used to replace the whole style object,
+		// leaving every property the caller did not mention unset.
+		let tool;
+
+		afterEach(() => {
+			tool?.destroy();
+			tool = null;
+		});
+
+		it("keeps the focus marker's other defaults", () => {
+			tool = new VisualImageTool({
+				imageElement,
+				focusPoint: { style: { width: "40px" } },
+			});
+			tool.toggleFocusPoint(true);
+			const marker = tool.state.focusMarker;
+
+			expect(marker.style.width).toBe("40px");
+			expect(marker.style.height).toBe("30px");
+			expect(marker.style.border).toBe("3px solid white");
+			expect(marker.style.backgroundColor).toBe("rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.5)");
+			expect(marker.style.boxShadow).not.toBe("");
+		});
+
+		it("keeps the crop overlay's other defaults", () => {
+			tool = new VisualImageTool({
+				imageElement,
+				cropZone: { style: { border: "2px solid red" } },
+			});
+			tool.toggleCropZone(true);
+			const overlay = tool.state.cropOverlay;
+
+			expect(overlay.style.border).toBe("2px solid red");
+			expect(overlay.style.backgroundColor).toBe("rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)");
+		});
+
+		it("keeps a resize handle's other defaults", () => {
+			tool = new VisualImageTool({
+				imageElement,
+				cropZone: { handleStyle: { width: "20px" } },
+			});
+			tool.toggleCropZone(true);
+			const handle = tool.cropHandles.find((h) => h.dataset.handle === "br");
+
+			expect(handle.style.width).toBe("20px");
+			expect(handle.style.height).toBe("14px");
+			expect(handle.style.backgroundColor).toBe("white");
+			expect(handle.style.border).toBe("2px solid black");
+			expect(handle.style.boxShadow).not.toBe("");
+		});
+
+		it("still lets scalar options through untouched", () => {
+			tool = new VisualImageTool({
+				imageElement,
+				focusPoint: { enabled: false, style: { width: "40px" } },
+			});
+
+			expect(tool.options.focusPoint.enabled).toBe(false);
+			expect(tool.options.focusPoint.style.width).toBe("40px");
+			expect(tool.options.focusPoint.style.height).toBe("30px");
+
+			// A disabled feature stays disabled.
+			tool.toggleFocusPoint(true);
+			expect(tool.state.focusActive).toBe(false);
+		});
+
+		it("falls back to the defaults when no style is given at all", () => {
+			tool = new VisualImageTool({
+				imageElement,
+				cropZone: { enabled: true },
+			});
+
+			expect(tool.options.cropZone.style.border).toBe("1px dashed #fff");
+			expect(tool.options.cropZone.handleStyle.width).toBe("14px");
+		});
+	});
 });