diff --git a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Navigation/NavigationMenuGenerator.php b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Navigation/NavigationMenuGenerator.php
index d2bd01921f8..c9a0ad405d6 100644
--- a/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Navigation/NavigationMenuGenerator.php
+++ b/packages/framework/src/Framework/Features/Navigation/NavigationMenuGenerator.php
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ protected function generate(): void
                 $this->items->push(NavigationItem::create(DocumentationPage::home()));
             }
         } else {
-            collect(Config::getArray('hyde.navigation.custom', []))->each(function (NavigationItem $item): void {
+            collect(Config::getArray('hyde.navigation.custom', []))->each(function (array $item): void {
                 // Since these were added explicitly by the user, we can assume they should always be shown
-                $this->items->push($item);
+                $this->items->push(NavigationItem::create($item['destination'], $item['label'] ?? null, $item['priority'] ?? null));
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/NavigationMenuTest.php b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/NavigationMenuTest.php
index 7f6cb8b3ac7..3c6876935c3 100644
--- a/packages/framework/tests/Feature/NavigationMenuTest.php
+++ b/packages/framework/tests/Feature/NavigationMenuTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Hyde\Framework\Testing\Feature;
 
 use Hyde\Hyde;
+use Hyde\Facades\Navigation;
 use Hyde\Support\Models\Route;
 use Hyde\Foundation\Facades\Routes;
 use Hyde\Framework\Features\Navigation\NavigationGroup;
@@ -91,9 +92,39 @@ public function testIsSortedAutomaticallyWhenUsingNavigationMenuCreate()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $menu->getItems());
     }
 
+    public function testCanAddCustomLinksInConfig()
+    {
+        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [Navigation::item('foo', 'Foo')]]);
+
+        $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
+
+        $expected = collect([
+            NavigationItem::create(Routes::get('index')),
+            NavigationItem::create('foo', 'Foo'),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(count($expected), $menu->getItems());
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $menu->getItems());
+    }
+
+    public function testCanAddCustomLinksInConfigAsArray()
+    {
+        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [['destination' => 'foo', 'label' => 'Foo']]]);
+
+        $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
+
+        $expected = collect([
+            NavigationItem::create(Routes::get('index')),
+            NavigationItem::create('foo', 'Foo'),
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertCount(count($expected), $menu->getItems());
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $menu->getItems());
+    }
+
     public function testExternalLinkCanBeAddedInConfig()
     {
-        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [NavigationItem::create('https://example.com', 'foo')]]);
+        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [Navigation::item('https://example.com', 'foo')]]);
 
         $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
 
@@ -108,7 +139,7 @@ public function testExternalLinkCanBeAddedInConfig()
 
     public function testPathLinkCanBeAddedInConfig()
     {
-        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [NavigationItem::create('foo', 'foo')]]);
+        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [Navigation::item('foo', 'foo')]]);
 
         $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
 
@@ -124,8 +155,8 @@ public function testPathLinkCanBeAddedInConfig()
     public function testDuplicatesAreNotRemovedWhenAddingInConfig()
     {
         config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [
-            NavigationItem::create('foo', 'foo'),
-            NavigationItem::create('foo', 'foo'),
+            Navigation::item('foo', 'foo'),
+            Navigation::item('foo', 'foo'),
         ]]);
 
         $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
@@ -143,8 +174,8 @@ public function testDuplicatesAreNotRemovedWhenAddingInConfig()
     public function testDuplicatesAreNotRemovedWhenAddingInConfigRegardlessOfDestination()
     {
         config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [
-            NavigationItem::create('foo', 'foo'),
-            NavigationItem::create('bar', 'foo'),
+            Navigation::item('foo', 'foo'),
+            Navigation::item('bar', 'foo'),
         ]]);
 
         $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();
@@ -163,7 +194,7 @@ public function testConfigItemsTakePrecedenceOverGeneratedItems()
     {
         $this->file('_pages/foo.md');
 
-        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [NavigationItem::create('bar', 'Foo')]]);
+        config(['hyde.navigation.custom' => [Navigation::item('bar', 'Foo')]]);
 
         $menu = $this->createNavigationMenu();