diff --git a/src/cryptonote_config.h b/src/cryptonote_config.h
index 199977a0a..26ca50aed 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_config.h
+++ b/src/cryptonote_config.h
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@
 
 
 #define BLOCKS_IDS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT          10000  //by default, blocks ids count in synchronizing
-#define BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT_PRE_V4       100    //by default, blocks count in blocks downloading
-#define BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT              20     //by default, blocks count in blocks downloading
+#define BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT_PRE_V4       20    //by default, blocks count in blocks downloading
+#define BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_DEFAULT_COUNT              10     //by default, blocks count in blocks downloading
 #define BLOCKS_SYNCHRONIZING_MAX_COUNT                  2048   //must be a power of 2, greater than 128, equal to SEEDHASH_EPOCH_BLOCKS
 
 #define CRYPTONOTE_MEMPOOL_TX_LIVETIME                    (86400*3) //seconds, three days
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 #define P2P_LOCAL_WHITE_PEERLIST_LIMIT                  1000
 #define P2P_LOCAL_GRAY_PEERLIST_LIMIT                   5000
 
-#define P2P_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_COUNT                   8
+#define P2P_DEFAULT_CONNECTIONS_COUNT                   12
 #define P2P_DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_INTERVAL                  60           //secondes
 #define P2P_DEFAULT_PACKET_MAX_SIZE                     50000000     //50000000 bytes maximum packet size
 #define P2P_DEFAULT_PEERS_IN_HANDSHAKE                  250