diff --git a/src/lomc.jl b/src/lomc.jl
index 922a37c9a..182e7def4 100644
--- a/src/lomc.jl
+++ b/src/lomc.jl
@@ -298,8 +298,11 @@ v = DVec(starting_address => 10; style)
 ```
 otherwise. See [`PDVec`](@ref), [`DVec`](@ref) and [`StochasticStyle`](@ref).
 """
-function default_starting_vector(hamiltonian::AbstractHamiltonian; kwargs...)
-    return default_starting_vector(starting_address(hamiltonian); kwargs...)
+function default_starting_vector(
+    hamiltonian::AbstractHamiltonian;
+    address=starting_address(hamiltonian), kwargs...
+)
+    return default_starting_vector(address; kwargs...)
 end
 function default_starting_vector(address;
     style=IsStochasticInteger(),
diff --git a/test/lomc.jl b/test/lomc.jl
index cf4f8922a..04275dfa3 100644
--- a/test/lomc.jl
+++ b/test/lomc.jl
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ using DataFrames
         addr = BoseFS{5,2}((2,3))
         H = HubbardReal1D(addr; u=0.1)
         @test default_starting_vector(H) == default_starting_vector(addr)
+        addr2 = BoseFS{5,2}((3, 2))
+        @test default_starting_vector(H, address=addr2) == default_starting_vector(addr2)
         @test default_starting_vector(addr; threading=false) isa DVec
         @test default_starting_vector(addr; threading=true) isa PDVec
         v = default_starting_vector(addr; threading=true)