diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
index 9795a44..b7858e9 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/client.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ use crate::{
     checker::{file::FileChecker, mail::MailChecker, website::WebsiteChecker},
     filter::{Excludes, Filter, Includes},
     remap::Remaps,
+    types::DEFAULT_ACCEPTED_STATUS_CODES,
 };
 
 /// Default number of redirects before a request is deemed as failed, 5.
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ pub struct ClientBuilder {
     /// Set of accepted return codes / status codes.
     ///
     /// Unmatched return codes/ status codes are deemed as errors.
-    #[builder(default = HashSet::try_from(StatusCodeSelector::default()).unwrap())]
+    #[builder(default = DEFAULT_ACCEPTED_STATUS_CODES.clone())]
     accepted: HashSet<StatusCode>,
 
     /// Response timeout per request in seconds.
diff --git a/lychee-lib/src/types/status_code/selector.rs b/lychee-lib/src/types/status_code/selector.rs
index 6574dd0..17324be 100644
--- a/lychee-lib/src/types/status_code/selector.rs
+++ b/lychee-lib/src/types/status_code/selector.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{collections::HashSet, fmt::Display, str::FromStr};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, fmt::Display, hash::BuildHasher, str::FromStr, sync::LazyLock};
 
 use http::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, de::Visitor};
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::{AcceptRangeError, types::accept::AcceptRange};
 
+/// These values are the default status codes which are accepted by lychee.
+/// SAFETY: This does not panic as all provided status codes are valid.
+pub static DEFAULT_ACCEPTED_STATUS_CODES: LazyLock<HashSet<StatusCode>> =
+    LazyLock::new(|| <HashSet<StatusCode>>::try_from(StatusCodeSelector::default()).unwrap());
+
 #[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
 pub enum StatusCodeSelectorError {
     #[error("invalid/empty input")]
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ impl FromStr for StatusCodeSelector {
     }
 }
 
+/// These values are the default status codes which are accepted by lychee.
 impl Default for StatusCodeSelector {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new_from(vec![AcceptRange::new(100, 103), AcceptRange::new(200, 299)])
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ impl StatusCodeSelector {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<StatusCodeSelector> for HashSet<u16> {
+impl<S: BuildHasher + Default> From<StatusCodeSelector> for HashSet<u16, S> {
     fn from(value: StatusCodeSelector) -> Self {
         value
             .ranges
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ impl From<StatusCodeSelector> for HashSet<u16> {
     }
 }
 
-impl TryFrom<StatusCodeSelector> for HashSet<StatusCode> {
+impl<S: BuildHasher + Default> TryFrom<StatusCodeSelector> for HashSet<StatusCode, S> {
     type Error = http::status::InvalidStatusCode;
 
     fn try_from(value: StatusCodeSelector) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
@@ -190,7 +196,6 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for StatusCodeSelector {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    use http::status::InvalidStatusCode;
     use rstest::rstest;
 
     #[rstest]
@@ -261,4 +266,10 @@ mod test {
         let actual: HashSet<u16> = StatusCodeSelector::from_str(input).unwrap().into();
         assert_eq!(actual, expected);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_default_accepted_values() {
+        // assert that accessing the value does not panic as described in the SAFETY note.
+        let _ = &*DEFAULT_ACCEPTED_STATUS_CODES;
+    }
 }