diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilder.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilder.java
index 0b6b89b59..1c6aacfd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilder.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package dk.camelot64.kickc.model;
 
-import dk.camelot64.kickc.CompileLog;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.symbols.*;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolType;
 import dk.camelot64.kickc.model.types.SymbolTypePointer;
@@ -51,24 +50,6 @@ public class VariableBuilder {
       this.config = config;
    }
 
-   public static VariableBuilderConfig getDefaultConfig(CompileLog log) {
-      VariableBuilderConfig config = new VariableBuilderConfig();
-
-      //config.addSetting("ssa_mem", log, null);
-      //config.addSetting("pointer_ssa_zp", log, null);
-      //config.addSetting("array_ma_mem", log, null);
-      //config.addSetting("global_struct_ma_mem", log, null);
-
-      //config.addSetting("ma_mem", log, null);
-      //config.addSetting("pointer_ma_zp", log, null);
-      //config.addSetting("parameter_ssa_mem", log, null);
-
-      config.addSetting("ssa_zp", log, null);
-      config.addSetting("array_ma_mem", log, null);
-      config.addSetting("global_struct_ma_mem", log, null);
-      return config;
-   }
-
    /**
     * Build the variable with the properties derived from type, scope, directives and configuration.
     *
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilderConfig.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilderConfig.java
index 6aa2324d6..691e52587 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilderConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/VariableBuilderConfig.java
@@ -10,20 +10,70 @@ import java.util.*;
  * Holds settings specified using <code>#pragma var_model(...)</code>
  * The parameters to the pragma has the form <i>scope</i>_<i>type</i>_<i>optimization</i>_<i>memoryarea</i>.
  * <ul>
- *    <li><i>scope</i> is one of <i>global</i>, <i>local</i></li>
+ *    <li><i>scope</i> is one of <i>global</i>, <i>local</i> or <i>parameter</i></li>
  *    <li><i>type</i> is one of <i>struct</i>, <i>array</i>, <i>integer</i>, <i>pointer</i></li>
  *    <li><i>optimization</i> is one of <i>ma</i> (meaning multiple-assignment or load/store), <i>ssa</i> (meaning single-static-assignment)</li>
  *    <li><i>memoryarea</i> is one of <i>zp</i> (meaning zeropage), <i>mem</i> (meaning main memory)</li>
  * </ul>
  * <p>
  * For instance the parameter <i>local_pointer_ssa_zp</i> specifies that local pointer variables must be SSA-optimized and placed on zeropage.
+ * Multiple parameters can be added to the pragma to apply settings for many types/scopes. All applied parameters are processed in order potentially overwriting each other.
+ * </p><p>
  * The scope or type sub-element of the pragma parameter can be left out to apply to all scopes/types.
- * For instance the parameter <i>pointer_ssa_zp</i> specifies that all pointer variables regardless of scope must be SSA-optimized and placed on zeropage.
- * <p>
- * Multiple parameters can be added to the pragma to apply settings for many types/scopes.
+ * For instance the parameter <i>integer_ssa_mem</i> specifies that all integer variables regardless of scope must be SSA-optimized and placed in main memory.
+ * </p><p>
+ * Optimization or memoryarea can also be left out to only change that one setting for the scope/type combinations.
+ * For instance the parameter <i>parameter_ssa</i> specifies that all parameters must be single-static-assignment but does not specify what memory area they should be placed in.
+ * </p><p>
+ * If the very first parameter is <i>full</i> no default settings are applied. This means the parameters must configure all scopes/types.
+ * If the first parameter is not <i>full</i> then default settings are automatically added before and after the settings passed as parameters.
+ * The default settings are
+ * <ul>
+ *    <li><i>ssa_zp</i> Applied before the passed parameters (defaulting everything to single static assignment on zeropage)</li>
+ *    <li>... The passed parameters are then applied modifying the default</li>
+ *    <li><i>array_ma_mem</i> Applied after the passed parameters (forcing arrays to load/store in main-memory)</li>
+ *    <li><i>global_struct_ma_mem</i> Applied after the passed parameters (forcing global structs to load/store in main-memory)</li>
+ *    <li><i>parameter_ssa</i> Applied after the passed parameters (forcing parameters to single static assignment)</li>
+ *    <li><i>pointer_zp</i> Applied after the passed parameters (forcing pointers to zeropage)</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * </p>
  */
 public class VariableBuilderConfig {
 
+   /** Setting specifying that the Variable Builder config is "full" and the default pre/post should not be applied. */
+   public static final String SETTING_FULL = "full";
+
+   /**
+    * Apply any default pre configuration of the variable builder configuration.
+    * Done as the first step when initializing a variable builder configuration
+    * @param config The variable builder configuration
+    * @param log The compile log
+    */
+   public static void defaultPreConfig(VariableBuilderConfig config, CompileLog log) {
+      config.addSetting("ssa_zp", log, StatementSource.NONE);
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Apply any default post configuration of the variable builder configuration.
+    * Done as the last step when initializing a variable builder configuration
+    * @param config The variable builder configuration
+    * @param log The compile log
+    */
+   public static void defaultPostConfig(VariableBuilderConfig config, CompileLog log) {
+      // Arrays are always load/store variables in main memory
+      // TODO: Theoretically some program may want an array on ZP. How to support that?
+      config.addSetting("array_ma_mem", log, StatementSource.NONE);
+      // Global struct values are always load/store variables in main memory
+      // TODO: Global structs can be SSA (and then unwound) which can optimize some programs. How to support that?
+      config.addSetting("global_struct_ma_mem", log, StatementSource.NONE);
+      // Parameters are always passed using single-static-assignment
+      // TODO: Compilation Unit support will require parameters that are not SSA. How to specify that?
+      config.addSetting("parameter_ssa", log, StatementSource.NONE);
+      // Pointers are always on zeropage
+      // TODO: Pointers can technically exist in main-memory and be moved to ZP on every use. How to specify that?
+      config.addSetting("pointer_zp", log, StatementSource.NONE);
+   }
+
    /** The different scopes. */
    public enum Scope {
       LOCAL, GLOBAL, PARAMETER, MEMBER
@@ -89,7 +139,7 @@ public class VariableBuilderConfig {
     */
    private Map<ScopeType, Setting> settings;
 
-   VariableBuilderConfig() {
+   public VariableBuilderConfig() {
       this.settings = new HashMap<>();
    }
 
@@ -99,10 +149,14 @@ public class VariableBuilderConfig {
       List<Type> types = getTypes(paramElements);
       Optimization optimization = getOptimization(paramElements);
       MemoryArea memoryArea = getMemoryArea(paramElements);
-      if(memoryArea == null || optimization == null || paramElements.size() > 0)
+      if((memoryArea == null && optimization == null) || paramElements.size() > 0)
          throw new CompileError("Warning: Malformed var_model parameter " + pragmaParam, statementSource);
       for(Scope scope : scopes) {
          for(Type type : types) {
+            if(memoryArea == null)
+               memoryArea = getSetting(scope, type).memoryArea;
+            if(optimization == null)
+               optimization = getSetting(scope, type).optimization;
             settings.put(new ScopeType(scope, type), new Setting(scope, type, memoryArea, optimization));
          }
       }
@@ -166,6 +220,8 @@ public class VariableBuilderConfig {
     * @return The matched memory area.
     */
    private MemoryArea getMemoryArea(List<String> paramElements) {
+      if(paramElements.size() == 0)
+         return null;
       final String paramElement = paramElements.get(0);
       if(paramElement.equals("mem")) {
          paramElements.remove(0);
@@ -185,6 +241,8 @@ public class VariableBuilderConfig {
     * @return The matched optimization.
     */
    private Optimization getOptimization(List<String> paramElements) {
+      if(paramElements.size() == 0)
+         return null;
       final String paramElement = paramElements.get(0);
       if(paramElement.equals("ssa")) {
          paramElements.remove(0);
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/statements/StatementSource.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/statements/StatementSource.java
index ac2a3a686..adffa8e7d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/statements/StatementSource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/model/statements/StatementSource.java
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ public class StatementSource implements Serializable {
       this.stopIndex = stopIndex;
    }
 
+   /** An empty statement source. */
+   public static StatementSource NONE = new StatementSource(null, null, null, 0, 0);
+
    public StatementSource(Token tokenStart, Token tokenStop) {
       if(tokenStart != null) {
          this.startIndex = tokenStart.getStartIndex();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass0GenerateStatementSequence.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass0GenerateStatementSequence.java
index a33431d2e..8f118bbbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass0GenerateStatementSequence.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass0GenerateStatementSequence.java
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ public class Pass0GenerateStatementSequence extends KickCParserBaseVisitor<Objec
       this.sequence = program.getStatementSequence();
       this.scopeStack = new Stack<>();
       this.defaultMemoryArea = Variable.MemoryArea.ZEROPAGE_MEMORY;
-      this.variableBuilderConfig = VariableBuilder.getDefaultConfig(program.getLog());
+      VariableBuilderConfig config = new VariableBuilderConfig();
+      VariableBuilderConfig.defaultPreConfig(config, program.getLog());
+      VariableBuilderConfig.defaultPostConfig(config, program.getLog());
+      this.variableBuilderConfig = config;
       scopeStack.push(program.getScope());
    }
 
@@ -104,10 +107,22 @@ public class Pass0GenerateStatementSequence extends KickCParserBaseVisitor<Objec
 
    @Override
    public Object visitGlobalDirectiveVarModel(KickCParser.GlobalDirectiveVarModelContext ctx) {
-      this.variableBuilderConfig = VariableBuilder.getDefaultConfig(program.getLog());
-      for(TerminalNode varModel : ctx.NAME()) {
-         variableBuilderConfig.addSetting(varModel.getText(), program.getLog(), new StatementSource(ctx));
+      List<TerminalNode> settings = new ArrayList<>(ctx.NAME());
+      // Detect if the first setting is "full"
+      boolean full = false;
+      if(settings.size() > 0 && settings.get(0).getText().equals(VariableBuilderConfig.SETTING_FULL)) {
+         full = true;
+         settings = settings.subList(1, settings.size());
       }
+      VariableBuilderConfig config = new VariableBuilderConfig();
+      if(!full)
+         VariableBuilderConfig.defaultPreConfig(config, program.getLog());
+      for(TerminalNode varModel : settings) {
+         config.addSetting(varModel.getText(), program.getLog(), new StatementSource(ctx));
+      }
+      if(!full)
+         VariableBuilderConfig.defaultPostConfig(config, program.getLog());
+      this.variableBuilderConfig = config;
       return null;
    }
 
@@ -583,16 +598,16 @@ public class Pass0GenerateStatementSequence extends KickCParserBaseVisitor<Objec
          VariableBuilder varBuilder = new VariableBuilder(varName, getCurrentScope(), false, declVarType, declArraySpec, declVarDirectives, currentDataSegment, variableBuilderConfig);
          Variable variable = varBuilder.build();
          boolean isPermanent = ScopeRef.ROOT.equals(variable.getScope().getRef()) || variable.isPermanent();
-         if(variable.isKindConstant() || (isPermanent && variable.isKindLoadStore() && Variable.MemoryArea.MAIN_MEMORY.equals(variable.getMemoryArea()) && initValue instanceof ConstantValue && !declVarStructMember && variable.getRegister()==null)) {
-               // Set initial value
-               ConstantValue constInitValue = getConstInitValue(initValue, initializer, statementSource);
-               variable.setInitValue(constInitValue);
-               // Add comments to constant
-               variable.setComments(ensureUnusedComments(declVarComments));
-            } else if(!variable.isKindConstant() && !declVarStructMember) {
-               Statement initStmt = new StatementAssignment(variable.getVariableRef(), initValue, true, statementSource, ensureUnusedComments(declVarComments));
-               sequence.addStatement(initStmt);
-            }
+         if(variable.isKindConstant() || (isPermanent && variable.isKindLoadStore() && Variable.MemoryArea.MAIN_MEMORY.equals(variable.getMemoryArea()) && initValue instanceof ConstantValue && !declVarStructMember && variable.getRegister() == null)) {
+            // Set initial value
+            ConstantValue constInitValue = getConstInitValue(initValue, initializer, statementSource);
+            variable.setInitValue(constInitValue);
+            // Add comments to constant
+            variable.setComments(ensureUnusedComments(declVarComments));
+         } else if(!variable.isKindConstant() && !declVarStructMember) {
+            Statement initStmt = new StatementAssignment(variable.getVariableRef(), initValue, true, statementSource, ensureUnusedComments(declVarComments));
+            sequence.addStatement(initStmt);
+         }
          if(initializer != null)
             PrePostModifierHandler.addPostModifiers(this, initializer, statementSource);
          return null;
diff --git a/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java b/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
index ba9aea3ad..e348acde8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/test/TestPrograms.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public class TestPrograms {
 
    @Test
    public void testVarModelMaMem4() throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-      compileAndCompare("varmodel-ma_mem-4", log());
+      compileAndCompare("varmodel-ma_mem-4");
    }
 
    @Test
diff --git a/src/test/kc/ma_coalesce_problem.kc b/src/test/kc/ma_coalesce_problem.kc
index 8d69e2acc..60ebb5056 100644
--- a/src/test/kc/ma_coalesce_problem.kc
+++ b/src/test/kc/ma_coalesce_problem.kc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Demonstrates problem with __ma coalescing
 // c1a is erroneously zp-coalesced with c1A
 
-#pragma var_model(ma_mem, pointer_ma_zp, parameter_ssa_mem)
+#pragma var_model(ma_mem)
 
 const char* SCREEN = 0x0400;
 
diff --git a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-2.kc b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-2.kc
index 0fd6d5d2c..c8d59d3e7 100644
--- a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-2.kc
+++ b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-2.kc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Test memory model multiple-assignment/main memory for all non-pointer variables
 
-#pragma var_model(ma_mem, pointer_ma_zp)
+#pragma var_model(ma_mem)
 
 void main() {
     // A local pointer 
diff --git a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-3.kc b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-3.kc
index 0d8d8d791..07e984950 100644
--- a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-3.kc
+++ b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem-3.kc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ void main() {
     model_ssa_zp();
 }
 
-#pragma var_model(ma_mem)
+#pragma var_model(full, ma_mem)
 
 void model_ma_mem() {
     // A local pointer
diff --git a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem.kc b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem.kc
index 9625e3a75..00b76fbc7 100644
--- a/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem.kc
+++ b/src/test/kc/varmodel-ma_mem.kc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Test memory model multiple-assignment/main memory for all variables (here  local variables)
 
-#pragma var_model(ma_mem)
+#pragma var_model(full, ma_mem)
 
 void main() {
     // A local pointer