diff --git a/gustaf/helpers/__init__.py b/gustaf/helpers/__init__.py
index 940f3da8e..92687df71 100644
--- a/gustaf/helpers/__init__.py
+++ b/gustaf/helpers/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-from gustaf.helpers import data, raise_if
+from gustaf.helpers import data, options, raise_if
 
 __all__ = [
     "data",
+    "options",
     "raise_if",
 ]
diff --git a/gustaf/helpers/options.py b/gustaf/helpers/options.py
index e45caee62..048ccd75c 100644
--- a/gustaf/helpers/options.py
+++ b/gustaf/helpers/options.py
@@ -10,20 +10,59 @@
 class Option:
     """
     Minimal Class to hold each options. Mainly to replace nested dict.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    backends: set
+      set of strings.
+    key: str
+    description: str
+    allowed_types: set
+      set of types
+    default: one of allwed_types
+      Optional. Default is None
     """
 
     __slots__ = (
-        "backend",
+        "backends",
         "key",
         "description",
         "allowed_types",
+        "default",
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, backend, key, description, allowed_types):
-        self.backend = backend
-        self.key = key
-        self.description = description
-        self.allowed_types = allowed_types
+    def __init__(
+        self, backends, key, description, allowed_types, default=None
+    ):
+        """
+        Check types
+        """
+        if isinstance(backends, str):
+            self.backends = {backends}
+        elif getattr(backends, "__iter__", False):
+            self.backends = set(backends)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Invalid backends type")
+
+        if isinstance(key, str):
+            self.key = key
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Invalid key type")
+
+        if isinstance(description, str):
+            self.description = description
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Invalid description type")
+
+        if isinstance(allowed_types, (tuple, list, set)):
+            self.allowed_types = set(allowed_types)
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Invalid allowed_types type")
+
+        if default is None or default in self.allowed_types:
+            self.default = default
+        else:
+            raise TypeError("Invalid default type")
 
     def __repr__(self):
         specific = "\n".join(