diff --git a/cmd/fuzz.go b/cmd/fuzz.go
index 188f5d95..c9905b84 100644
--- a/cmd/fuzz.go
+++ b/cmd/fuzz.go
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/crytic/medusa/cmd/exitcodes"
-	"github.com/crytic/medusa/logging/colors"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/crytic/medusa/cmd/exitcodes"
+	"github.com/crytic/medusa/logging/colors"
+
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/fuzzing"
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/fuzzing/config"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ func cmdRunFuzz(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if existenceError == nil {
 		// Try to read the configuration file and throw an error if something goes wrong
 		cmdLogger.Info("Reading the configuration file at: ", colors.Bold, configPath, colors.Reset)
-		projectConfig, err = config.ReadProjectConfigFromFile(configPath)
+		// Use the default compilation platform if the config file doesn't specify one
+		projectConfig, err = config.ReadProjectConfigFromFile(configPath, DefaultCompilationPlatform)
 		if err != nil {
 			cmdLogger.Error("Failed to run the fuzz command", err)
 			return err
@@ -144,6 +146,10 @@ func cmdRunFuzz(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if !projectConfig.Fuzzing.CoverageEnabled {
+		cmdLogger.Warn("Disabling coverage may limit efficacy of fuzzing. Consider enabling coverage for better results.")
+	}
+
 	// Create our fuzzing
 	fuzzer, fuzzErr := fuzzing.NewFuzzer(*projectConfig)
 	if fuzzErr != nil {
diff --git a/fuzzing/config/config.go b/fuzzing/config/config.go
index b37a583c..25149e10 100644
--- a/fuzzing/config/config.go
+++ b/fuzzing/config/config.go
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ package config
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"math/big"
+	"os"
+
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/chain/config"
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/compilation"
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/logging"
 	"github.com/crytic/medusa/utils"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
-	"math/big"
-	"os"
 )
 
 // The following directives will be picked up by the `go generate` command to generate JSON marshaling code from
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ type FileLoggingConfig struct {
 
 // ReadProjectConfigFromFile reads a JSON-serialized ProjectConfig from a provided file path.
 // Returns the ProjectConfig if it succeeds, or an error if one occurs.
-func ReadProjectConfigFromFile(path string) (*ProjectConfig, error) {
+func ReadProjectConfigFromFile(path string, platform string) (*ProjectConfig, error) {
 	// Read our project configuration file data
 	b, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ func ReadProjectConfigFromFile(path string) (*ProjectConfig, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Parse the project configuration
-	projectConfig, err := GetDefaultProjectConfig("")
+	projectConfig, err := GetDefaultProjectConfig(platform)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}