diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index f926a32..7ae6cde 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ GIT
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    redaction (0.2.0)
+    redaction (0.3.0)
       faker (>= 2.20.0)
       rails (>= 5.1.0)
       ruby-progressbar (>= 1.11.0)
@@ -17,67 +17,67 @@ PATH
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
-    actioncable (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actioncable (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.6.1)
-    actionmailbox (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activejob (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actionmailbox (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activejob (= 7.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       mail (>= 2.7.1)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
-    actionmailer (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actionview (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activejob (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actionmailer (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      actionview (= 7.0.4)
+      activejob (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       mail (~> 2.5, >= 2.5.4)
       net-imap
       net-pop
       net-smtp
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
-    actionpack (7.0.2.4)
-      actionview (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actionpack (7.0.4)
+      actionview (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       rack (~> 2.0, >= 2.2.0)
       rack-test (>= 0.6.3)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.0, >= 1.2.0)
-    actiontext (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actiontext (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       globalid (>= 0.6.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.8.5)
-    actionview (7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    actionview (7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       builder (~> 3.1)
       erubi (~> 1.4)
       rails-dom-testing (~> 2.0)
       rails-html-sanitizer (~> 1.1, >= 1.2.0)
-    activejob (7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    activejob (7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       globalid (>= 0.3.6)
-    activemodel (7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
-    activerecord (7.0.2.4)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
-    activestorage (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activejob (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    activemodel (7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+    activerecord (7.0.4)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
+    activestorage (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activejob (= 7.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       marcel (~> 1.0)
       mini_mime (>= 1.1.0)
-    activesupport (7.0.2.4)
+    activesupport (7.0.4)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.2)
       i18n (>= 1.6, < 2)
       minitest (>= 5.1)
@@ -90,17 +90,16 @@ GEM
     builder (3.2.4)
     concurrent-ruby (1.1.10)
     crass (1.0.6)
-    digest (3.1.0)
     encryptor (3.0.0)
-    erubi (1.10.0)
-    faker (2.20.0)
+    erubi (1.11.0)
+    faker (3.0.0)
       i18n (>= 1.8.11, < 2)
     globalid (1.0.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.0)
-    i18n (1.10.0)
+    i18n (1.12.0)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     lockbox (0.6.8)
-    loofah (2.18.0)
+    loofah (2.19.0)
       crass (~> 1.0.2)
       nokogiri (>= 1.5.9)
     mail (2.7.1)
@@ -108,55 +107,49 @@ GEM
     marcel (1.0.2)
     method_source (1.0.0)
     mini_mime (1.1.2)
-    mini_portile2 (2.8.0)
-    minitest (5.15.0)
-    net-imap (0.2.3)
-      digest
+    minitest (5.16.3)
+    net-imap (0.3.1)
       net-protocol
-      strscan
-    net-pop (0.1.1)
-      digest
+    net-pop (0.1.2)
       net-protocol
-      timeout
     net-protocol (0.1.3)
       timeout
-    net-smtp (0.3.1)
-      digest
+    net-smtp (0.3.3)
       net-protocol
-      timeout
     nio4r (2.5.8)
-    nokogiri (1.13.3)
-      mini_portile2 (~> 2.8.0)
+    nokogiri (1.13.9-arm64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.13.9-x86_64-darwin)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.21.0)
     parser (3.1.0.0)
       ast (~> 2.4.1)
     racc (1.6.0)
-    rack (2.2.3)
-    rack-test (1.1.0)
-      rack (>= 1.0, < 3)
-    rails (7.0.2.4)
-      actioncable (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actionmailbox (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actionmailer (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actiontext (= 7.0.2.4)
-      actionview (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activejob (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activemodel (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activerecord (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activestorage (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    rack (2.2.4)
+    rack-test (2.0.2)
+      rack (>= 1.3)
+    rails (7.0.4)
+      actioncable (= 7.0.4)
+      actionmailbox (= 7.0.4)
+      actionmailer (= 7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      actiontext (= 7.0.4)
+      actionview (= 7.0.4)
+      activejob (= 7.0.4)
+      activemodel (= 7.0.4)
+      activerecord (= 7.0.4)
+      activestorage (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       bundler (>= 1.15.0)
-      railties (= 7.0.2.4)
+      railties (= 7.0.4)
     rails-dom-testing (2.0.3)
       activesupport (>= 4.2.0)
       nokogiri (>= 1.6)
-    rails-html-sanitizer (1.4.2)
+    rails-html-sanitizer (1.4.3)
       loofah (~> 2.3)
-    railties (7.0.2.4)
-      actionpack (= 7.0.2.4)
-      activesupport (= 7.0.2.4)
+    railties (7.0.4)
+      actionpack (= 7.0.4)
+      activesupport (= 7.0.4)
       method_source
       rake (>= 12.2)
       thor (~> 1.0)
@@ -184,16 +177,15 @@ GEM
     standard (1.7.2)
       rubocop (= 1.25.1)
       rubocop-performance (= 1.13.2)
-    strscan (3.0.1)
     thor (1.2.1)
-    timeout (0.2.0)
-    tzinfo (2.0.4)
+    timeout (0.3.0)
+    tzinfo (2.0.5)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
     unicode-display_width (2.1.0)
     websocket-driver (0.7.5)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
-    zeitwerk (2.5.4)
+    zeitwerk (2.6.6)
 
 PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-21
diff --git a/lib/redaction/railtie.rb b/lib/redaction/railtie.rb
index 3e47617..65c98e9 100644
--- a/lib/redaction/railtie.rb
+++ b/lib/redaction/railtie.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Railtie < ::Rails::Railtie
 
       options.email_domain = options.email_domain
       options.progress_bar = options.key?(:progress_bar) ? options.progress_bar : true
+      options.force_redaction = options.key?(:force_redaction) ? options.force_redaction : false
 
       ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_record) do
         include Redaction::Redactable
diff --git a/lib/redaction/redactable.rb b/lib/redaction/redactable.rb
index 76e289e..1d6bb9f 100644
--- a/lib/redaction/redactable.rb
+++ b/lib/redaction/redactable.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def redact!
           redactor = Redaction.find(redactor_type)
 
           attributes.each do |attribute|
-            if send(attribute).present?
+            if Redaction.config.force_redaction || send(attribute).present?
               send("#{attribute}=", redactor.call(self, {attribute: attribute}))
             end
           end
diff --git a/test/redaction_test.rb b/test/redaction_test.rb
index ebd64f9..e94bf6a 100644
--- a/test/redaction_test.rb
+++ b/test/redaction_test.rb
@@ -276,4 +276,17 @@ class RedactionTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
 
     assert_not_equal "", out
   end
+
+  test "it generates redacted content even if the attribute is empty if configured" do
+    Redaction.config.force_redaction = true
+
+    user = users(:one)
+    user.update(email: nil)
+    user.redact!
+
+    Redaction.config.force_redaction = false # Reset
+
+    assert_not_nil user.email
+    assert_match(/@/, user.email)
+  end
 end