diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 994310c..9f67bc2 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ Defaults to `rfc6750`.
 * `addHook`: If `false`, this plugin will not register `onRequest` hook automatically.
   Instead it provides two decorations: `fastify.verifyBearerAuth` and
    `fastify.verifyBearerAuthFactory`
-* `hook`: Specify the hook to register the plugin, accepts `onRequest` or `preParsing`. Defaults to `onRequest` (optional)
+* `addHook`: If `false`, this plugin will not register any hook automatically. Instead, it provides two decorations: `fastify.verifyBearerAuth` and
+  `fastify.verifyBearerAuthFactory`. If `true` or nullish, it will default to `onRequest`. You can also specify `onRequest` or `preParsing` to register the respective hook
 * `verifyErrorLogLevel`: An optional string specifying the log level for verification errors.
   It must be a valid log level supported by Fastify, or an exception will be thrown when
   registering the plugin. By default, this option is set to `error`
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5253103..6510550 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ const { FST_BEARER_AUTH_INVALID_HOOK, FST_BEARER_AUTH_INVALID_LOG_LEVEL } = requ
 const validHooks = new Set(['onRequest', 'preParsing'])
 
 function fastifyBearerAuth (fastify, options, done) {
-  options = { addHook: true, verifyErrorLogLevel: 'error', ...options }
+  options = { verifyErrorLogLevel: 'error', ...options }
+  if (options.addHook === true || options.addHook == null) {
+    options.addHook = 'onRequest'
+  }
 
   if (
     Object.hasOwn(fastify.log, 'error') === false ||
@@ -32,19 +35,18 @@ function fastifyBearerAuth (fastify, options, done) {
   }
 
   try {
-    if (options.addHook === true) {
-      options.hook ||= 'onRequest'
-      if (!validHooks.has(options.hook)) {
+    if (options.addHook) {
+      if (!validHooks.has(options.addHook)) {
         done(new FST_BEARER_AUTH_INVALID_HOOK())
       }
 
-      if (options.hook === 'preParsing') {
+      if (options.addHook === 'preParsing') {
         const verifyBearerAuth = verifyBearerAuthFactory(options)
         fastify.addHook('preParsing', (request, reply, _payload, done) => {
           verifyBearerAuth(request, reply, done)
         })
       } else {
-        fastify.addHook(options.hook, verifyBearerAuthFactory(options))
+        fastify.addHook(options.addHook, verifyBearerAuthFactory(options))
       }
     } else {
       fastify.decorate('verifyBearerAuthFactory', verifyBearerAuthFactory)
diff --git a/test/hooks.test.js b/test/hooks.test.js
index ccfac28..eb7190e 100644
--- a/test/hooks.test.js
+++ b/test/hooks.test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const authorization = 'Bearer 123456'
 test('onrequest hook used by default', async (t) => {
   t.plan(9)
   const fastify = Fastify()
-  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, hook: undefined }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
+  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, addHook: undefined }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
     res.send({ hello: 'world' })
   })
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('onrequest hook used by default', async (t) => {
 test('preParsing hook used when specified', async (t) => {
   t.plan(9)
   const fastify = Fastify()
-  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, hook: 'preParsing' }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
+  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, addHook: 'preParsing' }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
     res.send({ hello: 'world' })
   })
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ test('preParsing hook used when specified', async (t) => {
 test('onrequest hook used when specified', async (t) => {
   t.plan(9)
   const fastify = Fastify()
-  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, hook: 'onRequest' }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
+  fastify.register(plugin, { keys, addHook: 'onRequest' }).get('/test', (_req, res) => {
     res.send({ hello: 'world' })
   })
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ test('error when invalid hook specified', async (t) => {
   t.plan(1)
   const fastify = Fastify()
   try {
-    await fastify.register(plugin, { keys, hook: 'onResponse' })
+    await fastify.register(plugin, { keys, addHook: 'onResponse' })
   } catch (err) {
     t.assert.strictEqual(err.message, 'options.hook must be either "onRequest" or "preParsing"')
   }
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 8fd898d..38c4faf 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ declare namespace fastifyBearerAuth {
     contentType?: string | undefined;
     bearerType?: string;
     specCompliance?: 'rfc6749' | 'rfc6750';
-    addHook?: boolean | undefined;
-    hook?: 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | undefined;
+    addHook?: boolean | 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | undefined;
     verifyErrorLogLevel?: string;
   }
 
diff --git a/types/index.test-d.ts b/types/index.test-d.ts
index 7122d1e..e7a4a6f 100644
--- a/types/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/types/index.test-d.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const pluginOptionsAuthPromise: FastifyBearerAuthOptions = {
   errorResponse: (err: Error) => { return { error: err.message } },
   contentType: '',
   bearerType: '',
-  hook: 'onRequest'
+  addHook: 'onRequest'
 }
 
 const pluginOptionsKeyArray: FastifyBearerAuthOptions = {
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ const pluginOptionsUndefined: FastifyBearerAuthOptions = {
   errorResponse: (err: Error) => { return { error: err.message } },
   contentType: undefined,
   bearerType: undefined,
-  addHook: undefined,
-  hook: undefined
+  addHook: undefined
 }
 
 expectAssignable<{
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ expectAssignable<{
   errorResponse?: (err: Error) => { error: string };
   contentType?: string | undefined;
   bearerType?: string;
-  addHook?: boolean | undefined;
+  addHook?: boolean | 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | undefined;
 }>(pluginOptionsKeyArray)
 
 expectAssignable<{
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@ expectAssignable<{
   errorResponse?: (err: Error) => { error: string };
   contentType?: string | undefined;
   bearerType?: string;
-  addHook?: boolean | undefined;
-  hook?: 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | undefined;
+  addHook?: boolean | 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | undefined;
 }>(pluginOptionsUndefined)
 
 expectAssignable<{