diff --git a/src/config/defaults.go b/src/config/defaults.go
index 92ccc7f7..ffa6a06a 100644
--- a/src/config/defaults.go
+++ b/src/config/defaults.go
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ func New() Config {
 				Ranking: NewRanking(),
 				Timings: Timings{
 					PreferredTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
-					PreferredTimeoutResults: 30,
+					PreferredTimeoutResults: 20,
 					AdditionalTimeout:       50 * time.Millisecond,
-					HardTimeout:             3 * time.Second,
-					Timeout:                 3 * time.Second,
+					HardTimeout:             1500 * time.Millisecond,
+					Timeout:                 1500 * time.Millisecond,
 					PageTimeout:             1 * time.Second,
 				},
 			},
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ func New() Config {
 					PreferredTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
 					PreferredTimeoutResults: 40,
 					AdditionalTimeout:       100 * time.Millisecond,
-					HardTimeout:             2 * time.Second,
-					Timeout:                 2 * time.Second,
+					HardTimeout:             1500 * time.Millisecond,
+					Timeout:                 1500 * time.Millisecond,
 					PageTimeout:             1 * time.Second,
 				},
 			},
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ func New() Config {
 				Engines: NewInfo(),
 				Ranking: NewRanking(),
 				Timings: Timings{
-					PreferredTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
-					PreferredTimeoutResults: 20,
-					AdditionalTimeout:       50 * time.Millisecond,
-					HardTimeout:             2 * time.Second,
-					Timeout:                 2 * time.Second,
+					PreferredTimeout:        500 * time.Millisecond,
+					PreferredTimeoutResults: 10,
+					AdditionalTimeout:       25 * time.Millisecond,
+					HardTimeout:             1200 * time.Millisecond,
+					Timeout:                 1200 * time.Millisecond,
 					PageTimeout:             1 * time.Second,
 				},
 			},
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ func New() Config {
 				Engines: NewScience(),
 				Ranking: NewRanking(),
 				Timings: Timings{
-					PreferredTimeout:        2 * time.Second,
-					PreferredTimeoutResults: 40,
-					AdditionalTimeout:       200 * time.Millisecond,
-					HardTimeout:             5 * time.Second,
-					Timeout:                 5 * time.Second,
+					PreferredTimeout:        1 * time.Second,
+					PreferredTimeoutResults: 10,
+					AdditionalTimeout:       100 * time.Millisecond,
+					HardTimeout:             3 * time.Second,
+					Timeout:                 3 * time.Second,
 					PageTimeout:             1 * time.Second,
 				},
 			},
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func New() Config {
 				Timings: Timings{
 					PreferredTimeout:        2 * time.Second,
 					PreferredTimeoutResults: 60,
-					AdditionalTimeout:       100 * time.Millisecond,
+					AdditionalTimeout:       200 * time.Millisecond,
 					HardTimeout:             4 * time.Second,
 					Timeout:                 4 * time.Second,
 					PageTimeout:             1 * time.Second,