diff --git a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
index e763ea8dd..e742d7057 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/yacy/yacyCore.java
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ public class yacyCore {
     public static File yacyDBPath;
     public static final Map<String, yacyAccessible> amIAccessibleDB = Collections.synchronizedMap(new HashMap<String, yacyAccessible>()); // Holds PeerHash / yacyAccessible Relations
     // constants for PeerPing behaviour
-    private static final int PING_INITIAL = 10;
-    private static final int PING_MAX_RUNNING = 3;
-    private static final int PING_MIN_RUNNING = 1;
+    private static final int PING_INITIAL = 18;
+    private static final int PING_MAX_RUNNING = 6;
+    private static final int PING_MIN_RUNNING = 3;
     private static final int PING_MIN_DBSIZE = 5;
     private static final int PING_MIN_PEERSEEN = 1; // min. accessible to force senior
     private static final long PING_MAX_DBAGE = 15 * 60 * 1000; // in milliseconds
diff --git a/yacy.init b/yacy.init
index 861a75838..e9ec10e15 100644
--- a/yacy.init
+++ b/yacy.init
@@ -546,8 +546,8 @@ filterOutStopwordsFromTopwords=true
 20_dhtdistribution_idlesleep=30000
 20_dhtdistribution_busysleep=10000
 20_dhtdistribution_memprereq=6291456
-30_peerping_idlesleep=120000
-30_peerping_busysleep=120000
+30_peerping_idlesleep=90000
+30_peerping_busysleep=90000
 30_peerping_memprereq=1048576
 40_peerseedcycle_idlesleep=1800000
 40_peerseedcycle_busysleep=1200000
@@ -943,4 +943,4 @@ wikiParser.class = de.anomic.data.wikiCode
 routing.deleteOldSeeds.permission = true
 routing.deleteOldSeeds.permission__pro = true
 routing.deleteOldSeeds.time = 7
-routing.deleteOldSeeds.time__pro = 30
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+routing.deleteOldSeeds.time__pro = 30