diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index 139cee0e..b4615666 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'fs'
 import { join, relative } from 'pathe'
-import { defuArrayFn } from 'defu'
 import { watch } from 'chokidar'
 import { underline, yellow } from 'colorette'
 import {
@@ -22,7 +21,8 @@ import defaultTailwindConfig from 'tailwindcss/stubs/config.simple.js'
 import { eventHandler, sendRedirect, H3Event } from 'h3'
 import { name, version } from '../package.json'
 import vitePlugin from './hmr'
-import { createTemplates, InjectPosition, resolveInjectPosition } from './utils'
+import { configMerger, createTemplates, InjectPosition, resolveInjectPosition } from './utils'
+import { addTemplate } from '@nuxt/kit'
 
 const logger = useLogger('nuxt:tailwindcss')
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type Arrayable<T> = T | T[]
 declare module '@nuxt/schema' {
   interface NuxtHooks {
     'tailwindcss:config': (tailwindConfig: Partial<Config>) => void;
-    'tailwindcss:resolvedConfig': (tailwindConfig: Config) => void;
+    'tailwindcss:resolvedConfig': (tailwindConfig: ReturnType<typeof resolveConfig<Config>>) => void;
   }
 }
 
@@ -137,10 +137,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
     }
 
     // Default tailwind config
-    let tailwindConfig = defuArrayFn(moduleOptions.config, { content: contentPaths }) as Config
+    let tailwindConfig = configMerger(moduleOptions.config, { content: contentPaths })
+
     // Recursively resolve each config and merge tailwind configs together.
     for (const configPath of configPaths) {
-      let _tailwindConfig: Config | undefined
+      let _tailwindConfig: Partial<Config> | undefined
       try {
         _tailwindConfig = requireModule(configPath, { clearCache: true })
       } catch (e) {
@@ -152,14 +153,14 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
         _tailwindConfig.content = _tailwindConfig.purge
       }
       if (_tailwindConfig) {
-        tailwindConfig = defuArrayFn(_tailwindConfig, tailwindConfig)
+        tailwindConfig = configMerger(_tailwindConfig, tailwindConfig)
       }
     }
 
     // Allow extending tailwindcss config by other modules
     await nuxt.callHook('tailwindcss:config', tailwindConfig)
 
-    const resolvedConfig = resolveConfig(tailwindConfig) as Config
+    const resolvedConfig = resolveConfig(tailwindConfig as Config)
     await nuxt.callHook('tailwindcss:resolvedConfig', resolvedConfig)
 
     // Expose resolved tailwind config as an alias
@@ -179,18 +180,24 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
 
     // Include CSS file in project css
     let resolvedCss: string
+
     if (typeof cssPath === 'string') {
       if (existsSync(cssPath)) {
         logger.info(`Using Tailwind CSS from ~/${relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, cssPath)}`)
         resolvedCss = cssPath
       } else {
-        logger.info('Using default Tailwind CSS file from runtime/tailwind.css')
+        logger.info('Using default Tailwind CSS file')
         // @ts-ignore
-        resolvedCss = createResolver(import.meta.url).resolve('runtime/tailwind.css')
+        resolvedCss = 'tailwindcss/tailwind.css'
       }
     } else {
       logger.info('No Tailwind CSS file found. Skipping...')
-      resolvedCss = createResolver(import.meta.url).resolve('runtime/empty.css')
+      const emptyCSSPath = addTemplate({
+        filename: 'tailwind-empty.css',
+        write: true,
+        getContents: () => ''
+      }).dst
+      resolvedCss = createResolver(import.meta.url).resolve(emptyCSSPath)
     }
     nuxt.options.css = nuxt.options.css ?? []
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/empty.css b/src/runtime/empty.css
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/src/runtime/tailwind.css b/src/runtime/tailwind.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b5c61c95..00000000
--- a/src/runtime/tailwind.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-@tailwind base;
-@tailwind components;
-@tailwind utilities;
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index f2dc1b32..55dba0da 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,32 @@
 import { dirname, join } from 'pathe'
 import { useNuxt, addTemplate } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { Config } from 'tailwindcss'
+import { createDefu } from 'defu'
 
 const NON_ALPHANUMERIC_RE = /^[0-9a-z]+$/i
 const isJSObject = (value: any) => typeof value === 'object' && !Array.isArray(value)
 
+export const configMerger: (
+  ...p: Array<Partial<Config> | Record<string | number | symbol, any>>
+) => Partial<Config> = createDefu((obj, key, value) => {
+  if (key === 'content') {
+    if (isJSObject(obj[key]) && Array.isArray(value)) {
+      obj[key]['files'] = [...(obj[key]['files'] || []), ...value]
+      return true
+    } else if (Array.isArray(obj[key]) && isJSObject(value)) {
+      obj[key] = { ...value, files: [...obj[key], ...(value.files || [])]}
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+
+  // keeping arrayFn
+  if (Array.isArray(obj[key]) && typeof value === "function") {
+    obj[key] = value(obj[key])
+    return true
+  }
+})
+
+
 export type InjectPosition = 'first' | 'last' | number | { after: string };
 
 /**
@@ -47,7 +69,7 @@ export function resolveInjectPosition (css: string[], position: InjectPosition)
  * @param maxLevel maximum level of depth
  * @param nuxt nuxt app
  */
-export const createTemplates = (resolvedConfig: Config, maxLevel: number, nuxt = useNuxt()) => {
+export function createTemplates (resolvedConfig: Partial<Config>, maxLevel: number, nuxt = useNuxt()) {
   const dtsContent: string[] = []
 
   const populateMap = (obj: any, path: string[] = [], level = 1) => {
diff --git a/test/configs.test.ts b/test/configs.test.ts
index fdbb75e0..e7a81171 100644
--- a/test/configs.test.ts
+++ b/test/configs.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ describe('tailwindcss module configs', async () => {
       'alt-tailwind.config.js',
       'malformed-tailwind.config',
       'ts-tailwind.config',
-      'override-tailwind.config.js'
+      'override-tailwind.config.js',
+      'content-obj.config'
     ],
     cssPath: 'tailwind.css'
   })
@@ -50,9 +51,18 @@ describe('tailwindcss module configs', async () => {
     const vfsKey = Object.keys(nuxt.vfs).find(k => k.includes('tailwind.config.'))
     // set from override-tailwind.config.ts
     const contentFiles = destr(nuxt.vfs[vfsKey].replace(/^(module\.exports = )/, '')).content.files
-    expect(contentFiles.length).toBe(4)
+
     expect(contentFiles[0]).toBe('ts-content/**/*.md')
     expect(contentFiles[1]).toBe('./custom-theme/**/*.vue')
     expect(contentFiles.slice(2).filter(c => c.endsWith('vue')).length).toBe(2)
   })
+
+  test('content merges with objects', () => {
+    const nuxt = useTestContext().nuxt
+    const vfsKey = Object.keys(nuxt.vfs).find(k => k.includes('tailwind.config.'))
+    const { content } = destr(nuxt.vfs[vfsKey].replace(/^(module\.exports = )/, ''))
+
+    expect(content.relative).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(content.files.pop()).toBe('./my-components/**/*.tsx')
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/fixture/basic/content-obj.config.ts b/test/fixture/basic/content-obj.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aca9be6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixture/basic/content-obj.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import type { Config } from 'tailwindcss'
+
+const config: Config = {
+  content: {
+    relative: true,
+    files: ['./my-components/**/*.tsx'],
+    extract: {
+      jpg: () => ['bg-red']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default config;