diff --git a/ALCameraViewController.podspec b/ALCameraViewController.podspec
index 8955b4e5..7b5ae63e 100644
--- a/ALCameraViewController.podspec
+++ b/ALCameraViewController.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name               = "ALCameraViewController"
-  spec.version            = "1.2.2"
+  spec.version            = "1.2.3"
   spec.summary            = "A camera view controller with custom image picker and image cropping. Written in Swift."
   spec.source             = { :git => "https://github.com/AlexLittlejohn/ALCameraViewController.git", :tag => spec.version.to_s }
   spec.requires_arc       = true
diff --git a/ALCameraViewController/Utilities/CameraGlobals.swift b/ALCameraViewController/Utilities/CameraGlobals.swift
index ebba811d..70764a52 100644
--- a/ALCameraViewController/Utilities/CameraGlobals.swift
+++ b/ALCameraViewController/Utilities/CameraGlobals.swift
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //
 
 import UIKit
+import AVFoundation
 
 internal let itemSpacing: CGFloat = 1
 internal let columns: CGFloat = 4
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ internal let scale = UIScreen.mainScreen().scale
 public class CameraGlobals {
     public static let shared = CameraGlobals()
     
-    var bundle = NSBundle(forClass: CameraViewController.self)
-    var stringsTable = "CameraView"
-    var photoLibraryThumbnailSize = CGSizeMake(thumbnailDimension, thumbnailDimension)
+    public var bundle = NSBundle(forClass: CameraViewController.self)
+    public var stringsTable = "CameraView"
+    public var photoLibraryThumbnailSize = CGSizeMake(thumbnailDimension, thumbnailDimension)
+    public var defaultCameraPosition = AVCaptureDevicePosition.Back
 }
diff --git a/ALCameraViewController/Views/CameraView.swift b/ALCameraViewController/Views/CameraView.swift
index 8a88a21a..fe265e14 100644
--- a/ALCameraViewController/Views/CameraView.swift
+++ b/ALCameraViewController/Views/CameraView.swift
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class CameraView: UIView {
     
     let focusView = CropOverlay(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 80, height: 80))
     
-    public var currentPosition = AVCaptureDevicePosition.Back
+    public var currentPosition = CameraGlobals.shared.defaultCameraPosition
     
     public func startSession() {
         dispatch_async(cameraQueue) {