diff --git a/code.js b/code.js
index f0b740a..0bc1b56 100644
--- a/code.js
+++ b/code.js
@@ -155,11 +155,19 @@
           codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingCodegenResults);
         }
       }
-      if (globalTemplates) {
-        const componentTemplates = "key" in snippetNode && globalTemplates.components ? globalTemplates.components[snippetNode.key] || [] : [];
-        const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types ? globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || [] : [];
+      if (globalTemplates.components) {
+        const componentTemplates = "key" in snippetNode ? globalTemplates.components[snippetNode.key] || [] : [];
         codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(componentTemplates));
-        codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+      }
+      if (!Object.keys(seenSnippetTemplates).length && !codegenResultTemplates.length && globalTemplates.types) {
+        const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || [];
+        const seenKey = JSON.stringify(typeTemplates);
+        if (!seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey]) {
+          seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey] = 1;
+          const defaultTemplates = !typeTemplates.length && globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT ? globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT : [];
+          codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+          codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(defaultTemplates));
+        }
       }
       const children = "children" in node ? node.children : [];
       const nodeSnippetTemplateData = await hydrateSnippets(
@@ -173,17 +181,17 @@
       );
       nodeSnippetTemplateDataArray.push(nodeSnippetTemplateData);
     }
-    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
-    if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
+    if (node.type === "COMPONENT" && node.parent && node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
+      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
+    } else if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
       if (node.mainComponent) {
-        await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
         if (node.mainComponent.parent && node.mainComponent.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
           await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent.parent);
         }
+        await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
       }
-    } else if (node.type === "COMPONENT" && node.parent && node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
-      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
     }
+    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
     return nodeSnippetTemplateDataArray;
   }
   function transformStringWithFilter(string, rawString, filter = "hyphen") {
@@ -237,16 +245,16 @@
               } else if (param === "figma.children" && recursionIndex < MAX_RECURSION) {
                 const indentMatch = line.match(/^[ \t]+/);
                 const indent2 = indentMatch ? indentMatch[0] : "";
-                const value = await findChildrenSnippets(
+                const childrenValue = await findChildrenSnippets(
                   codegenResult,
                   nodeChildren,
                   indent2,
                   recursionIndex + 1,
                   globalTemplates
                 );
-                if (value) {
+                if (childrenValue) {
                   line = line.replace(/^[ \t]+/, "");
-                  line = line.replace(match, value);
+                  line = line.replace(match, childrenValue);
                 } else {
                   succeeded = false;
                 }
diff --git a/src/index.d.ts b/src/index.d.ts
index 81931b6..7b6d22c 100644
--- a/src/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/index.d.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 type CodeSnippetGlobalTemplates = {
   components?: CodegenResultTemplatesByComponentKey;
-  types?: { [K in NodeType]?: CodegenResult[] };
+  types?: { [K in NodeType | "DEFAULT"]?: CodegenResult[] };
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/snippets.ts b/src/snippets.ts
index 7a9e8d7..a72d9d2 100644
--- a/src/snippets.ts
+++ b/src/snippets.ts
@@ -104,16 +104,30 @@ export async function nodeSnippetTemplateDataArrayFromNode(
         codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingCodegenResults);
       }
     }
-    if (globalTemplates) {
+    if (globalTemplates.components) {
       const componentTemplates =
-        "key" in snippetNode && globalTemplates.components
+        "key" in snippetNode
           ? globalTemplates.components[snippetNode.key] || []
           : [];
-      const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types
-        ? globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || []
-        : [];
       codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(componentTemplates));
-      codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+    }
+
+    if (
+      !Object.keys(seenSnippetTemplates).length &&
+      !codegenResultTemplates.length &&
+      globalTemplates.types
+    ) {
+      const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || [];
+      const seenKey = JSON.stringify(typeTemplates);
+      if (!seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey]) {
+        seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey] = 1;
+        const defaultTemplates =
+          !typeTemplates.length && globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT
+            ? globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT
+            : [];
+        codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+        codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(defaultTemplates));
+      }
     }
     const children = "children" in node ? node.children : [];
     const nodeSnippetTemplateData = await hydrateSnippets(
@@ -129,31 +143,32 @@ export async function nodeSnippetTemplateDataArrayFromNode(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Templates on the given node
-   */
-  await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
-
-  /**
-   * Templates via inheritance from component lineage
+   * Templates via inheritance from component lineage.
+   * Starting at the top with component sets, then components, then instances.
    */
-  if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
+  if (
+    node.type === "COMPONENT" &&
+    node.parent &&
+    node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET"
+  ) {
+    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
+  } else if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
     if (node.mainComponent) {
-      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
       if (
         node.mainComponent.parent &&
         node.mainComponent.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET"
       ) {
         await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent.parent);
       }
+      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
     }
-  } else if (
-    node.type === "COMPONENT" &&
-    node.parent &&
-    node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET"
-  ) {
-    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Templates on the given node
+   */
+  await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
+
   return nodeSnippetTemplateDataArray;
 }
 
@@ -247,16 +262,16 @@ export async function hydrateSnippets(
             ) {
               const indentMatch = line.match(/^[ \t]+/);
               const indent = indentMatch ? indentMatch[0] : "";
-              const value = await findChildrenSnippets(
+              const childrenValue = await findChildrenSnippets(
                 codegenResult,
                 nodeChildren,
                 indent,
                 recursionIndex + 1,
                 globalTemplates
               );
-              if (value) {
+              if (childrenValue) {
                 line = line.replace(/^[ \t]+/, "");
-                line = line.replace(match, value);
+                line = line.replace(match, childrenValue);
               } else {
                 succeeded = false;
               }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 7339c91..dff5322 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -343,11 +343,19 @@
           codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingCodegenResults);
         }
       }
-      if (globalTemplates) {
-        const componentTemplates = "key" in snippetNode && globalTemplates.components ? globalTemplates.components[snippetNode.key] || [] : [];
-        const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types ? globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || [] : [];
+      if (globalTemplates.components) {
+        const componentTemplates = "key" in snippetNode ? globalTemplates.components[snippetNode.key] || [] : [];
         codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(componentTemplates));
-        codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+      }
+      if (!Object.keys(seenSnippetTemplates).length && !codegenResultTemplates.length && globalTemplates.types) {
+        const typeTemplates = globalTemplates.types[snippetNode.type] || [];
+        const seenKey = JSON.stringify(typeTemplates);
+        if (!seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey]) {
+          seenSnippetTemplates[seenKey] = 1;
+          const defaultTemplates = !typeTemplates.length && globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT ? globalTemplates.types.DEFAULT : [];
+          codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(typeTemplates));
+          codegenResultTemplates.push(...matchingTemplates(defaultTemplates));
+        }
       }
       const children = "children" in node ? node.children : [];
       const nodeSnippetTemplateData = await hydrateSnippets(
@@ -361,17 +369,17 @@
       );
       nodeSnippetTemplateDataArray.push(nodeSnippetTemplateData);
     }
-    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
-    if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
+    if (node.type === "COMPONENT" && node.parent && node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
+      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
+    } else if (node.type === "INSTANCE") {
       if (node.mainComponent) {
-        await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
         if (node.mainComponent.parent && node.mainComponent.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
           await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent.parent);
         }
+        await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.mainComponent);
       }
-    } else if (node.type === "COMPONENT" && node.parent && node.parent.type === "COMPONENT_SET") {
-      await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node.parent);
     }
+    await processSnippetTemplatesForNode(node);
     return nodeSnippetTemplateDataArray;
   }
   function transformStringWithFilter(string, rawString, filter = "hyphen") {
@@ -425,16 +433,16 @@
               } else if (param === "figma.children" && recursionIndex < MAX_RECURSION) {
                 const indentMatch = line.match(/^[ \t]+/);
                 const indent2 = indentMatch ? indentMatch[0] : "";
-                const value = await findChildrenSnippets(
+                const childrenValue = await findChildrenSnippets(
                   codegenResult,
                   nodeChildren,
                   indent2,
                   recursionIndex + 1,
                   globalTemplates
                 );
-                if (value) {
+                if (childrenValue) {
                   line = line.replace(/^[ \t]+/, "");
-                  line = line.replace(match, value);
+                  line = line.replace(match, childrenValue);
                 } else {
                   succeeded = false;
                 }