diff --git a/src/Primitively/EmbeddedResources/Integer/Base.cs b/src/Primitively/EmbeddedResources/Integer/Base.cs
index 38b902d..d704f9e 100644
--- a/src/Primitively/EmbeddedResources/Integer/Base.cs
+++ b/src/Primitively/EmbeddedResources/Integer/Base.cs
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
     public const global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE Minimum = PRIMITIVE_MINIMUM;
     public const global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE Maximum = PRIMITIVE_MAXIMUM;
 
+    public PRIMITIVE_TYPE()
+    {
+        HasValue = IsMatch(_value);
+        _value = default;
+    }
+
     public PRIMITIVE_TYPE(global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE value)
     {
-        if (value >= Minimum && value <= Maximum)
-        {
-            _value = value;
-            HasValue = true;
-        }
+        HasValue = IsMatch(value);
+        _value = HasValue ? value : default;
     }
 
     private PRIMITIVE_TYPE(string value)
     {
-        if (global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE.TryParse(value, out var result) && result >= Minimum && result <= Maximum)
-        {
-            _value = result;
-            HasValue = true;
-        }
+        HasValue = global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE.TryParse(value, out var result) && IsMatch(result);
+        _value = HasValue ? result : default;
     }
 
     object global::Primitively.IPrimitive.Value => _value;
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ private PRIMITIVE_TYPE(string value)
 
     public static PRIMITIVE_TYPE Parse(string value) => new(value);
     public static bool TryParse(string value, out PRIMITIVE_TYPE result) => (result = new(value)).HasValue;
+
+    private static bool IsMatch(global::PRIMITIVE_VALUE_TYPE value) => value >= Minimum && value <= Maximum;
diff --git a/test/Primitively.IntegrationTests/PrimitiveJsonConverterTests.cs b/test/Primitively.IntegrationTests/PrimitiveJsonConverterTests.cs
index 6edf3c7..a49e917 100644
--- a/test/Primitively.IntegrationTests/PrimitiveJsonConverterTests.cs
+++ b/test/Primitively.IntegrationTests/PrimitiveJsonConverterTests.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public void JsonConverter_CanReadDefault()
 
         var result = converter.Read(ref reader, typeof(TPrimitive), new JsonSerializerOptions());
         result.Should().BeAssignableTo(typeof(TPrimitive));
-        result.Should().BeEquivalentTo(default(TPrimitive));
+        result.Should().BeEquivalentTo(new TPrimitive());
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public void JsonConverter_CanReadNull()
 
         var result = converter.Read(ref reader, typeof(TPrimitive), new JsonSerializerOptions());
         result.Should().BeAssignableTo(typeof(TPrimitive));
-        result.Should().BeEquivalentTo(default(TPrimitive));
+        result.Should().BeEquivalentTo(new TPrimitive());
     }
 
 #if NET6_0_OR_GREATER