diff --git a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
index bf9f959..fd3ae5e 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
@@ -1650,17 +1650,20 @@ private static AkkaConfigurationBuilder ApplyClusterClientDiscovery<TKey>(
             this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder,
             ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions options)
         {
-            options.Apply(builder);
+            options.DiscoveryOptions.Apply(builder);
 
             builder
                 .AddHocon(ClusterClientReceptionist.DefaultConfig(), HoconAddMode.Append)
                 .AddHocon(DiscoveryProvider.DefaultConfiguration(), HoconAddMode.Append);
             
             builder.WithActors((system, registry) =>
-                {
-                    var clusterClient = system.ActorOf(ClusterClient.Props(ClusterClientSettings.Create(system)), options.ClientActorName);
-                    registry.TryRegister<TKey>(clusterClient);
-                });
+            {
+                var config = options.ToConfig()
+                    .WithFallback(system.Settings.Config.GetConfig("akka.cluster.client"));
+                
+                var clusterClient = system.ActorOf(ClusterClient.Props(ClusterClientSettings.Create(config)), options.ClientActorName);
+                registry.TryRegister<TKey>(clusterClient);
+            });
             
             return builder;
         }
diff --git a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions.cs b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions.cs
index 725b907..3d5d97d 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Text;
 using Akka.Cluster.Tools.Client;
+using Akka.Configuration;
 using Akka.Hosting;
 
 namespace Akka.Cluster.Hosting;
@@ -49,13 +50,14 @@ public sealed class ClusterClientDiscoveryOptions
     /// The name of the cluster client actor
     /// </summary>
     public string? ClientActorName { get; set; }
+
+    public Config ToConfig() => ToString();
     
-    internal void Apply(AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder)
+    public override string ToString()
     {
         Validate();
         
         var sb = new StringBuilder();
-        sb.AppendLine("akka.cluster.client {");
         sb.AppendLine("use-initial-contacts-discovery = true");
         sb.AppendLine("discovery {");
         sb.AppendLine($"method = {DiscoveryOptions.ConfigPath.ToHocon()}");
@@ -68,10 +70,9 @@ internal void Apply(AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder)
             sb.AppendLine($"interval = {RetryInterval.ToHocon()}");
         if (Timeout is not null)
             sb.AppendLine($"resolve-timeout = {Timeout.ToHocon()}");
-        
-        sb.AppendLine("}}");
-            
-        DiscoveryOptions.Apply(builder);
+        sb.AppendLine("}");
+
+        return sb.ToString();
     }
 
     private void Validate()