diff --git a/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php b/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
index 3e1fe8d..8dec3a7 100644
--- a/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
+++ b/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtension.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ final class NelmioApiDocExtension extends Extension implements PrependExtensionI
                     $documentation,
                     true,
                 ])
-                ->addTag(sprintf('nelmio_api_doc.describer.%s', $area), ['priority' => 1000]);
+                ->addTag(sprintf('nelmio_api_doc.describer.%s', $area), ['priority' => 990]);
 
             $container->getDefinition(sprintf('nelmio_api_doc.describers.config.%s', $area))->replaceArgument(0, $documentation);
         }
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ final class NelmioApiDocExtension extends Extension implements PrependExtensionI
                     ]);
             }
         }
+
+        // Import the base configuration
+        $container->getDefinition('nelmio_api_doc.describers.config')->replaceArgument(0, $config['documentation']);
     }
 
     private function findNameAliases(array $names, string $area): array
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.xml b/Resources/config/services.xml
index 17dcbed..1f4393a 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.describers.config" class="Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Describer\ExternalDocDescriber" public="false">
             <argument type="collection" />
 
-            <tag name="nelmio_api_doc.describer" priority="-1000" />
+            <tag name="nelmio_api_doc.describer" priority="1000" />
         </service>
 
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.describers.default" class="Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Describer\DefaultDescriber" public="false">
diff --git a/Tests/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtensionTest.php b/Tests/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtensionTest.php
index 374d968..9bf6cca 100644
--- a/Tests/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtensionTest.php
+++ b/Tests/DependencyInjection/NelmioApiDocExtensionTest.php
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ class NelmioApiDocExtensionTest extends TestCase
         $extension = new NelmioApiDocExtension();
         $extension->load([
             [
-                'areas' => [
-                    'default' => [],
-                ],
                 'documentation' => [
                     'info' => [
                         'title' => 'API documentation',