diff --git a/maestro-orchestra-models/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Commands.kt b/maestro-orchestra-models/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Commands.kt
index f9342c2138..6f2ff49f13 100644
--- a/maestro-orchestra-models/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Commands.kt
+++ b/maestro-orchestra-models/src/main/java/maestro/orchestra/Commands.kt
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ data class EraseTextCommand(
 
 data class TakeScreenshotCommand(
     val path: String,
-    val cropOn: ElementSelector?,
+    val cropOn: ElementSelector? = null,
     override val label: String? = null,
     override val optional: Boolean = false,
 ) : Command {
diff --git a/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/MaestroCommandSerializationTest.kt b/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/MaestroCommandSerializationTest.kt
index 3339c9a316..31ce8398bf 100644
--- a/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/MaestroCommandSerializationTest.kt
+++ b/maestro-orchestra/src/test/java/maestro/orchestra/MaestroCommandSerializationTest.kt
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ internal class MaestroCommandSerializationTest {
     fun `serialize TakeScreenshotCommand`() {
         // given
         val command = MaestroCommand(
-            TakeScreenshotCommand("screenshot.png")
+            TakeScreenshotCommand("screenshot.png", cropOn = ElementSelector(textRegex = "[A-f0-9]"))
         )
 
         // when
@@ -441,6 +441,10 @@ internal class MaestroCommandSerializationTest {
             {
               "takeScreenshotCommand" : {
                 "path" : "screenshot.png",
+                "cropOn" : {
+                  "textRegex" : "[A-f0-9]",
+                  "optional" : false
+                },
                 "optional" : false
               }
             }