diff --git a/src/paxcounter.conf b/src/paxcounter.conf
index add18d7f..746743d1 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter.conf
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@
 #define TIME_SYNC_LORASERVER            0       // set to 1 to use LORA timeserver as time source, 0 means off [default = 0]
 
 // settings for syncing time with timeserver applications
-#define TIME_SYNC_SAMPLES               1       // number of time requests for averaging
-#define TIME_SYNC_CYCLE                 20      // delay between two time samples [seconds]
-#define TIME_SYNC_TIMEOUT               120     // timeout waiting for timeserver answer [seconds]
+#define TIME_SYNC_SAMPLES               2       // number of time requests for averaging
+#define TIME_SYNC_CYCLE                 60      // delay between two time samples [seconds]
+#define TIME_SYNC_TIMEOUT               600     // timeout waiting for timeserver answer [seconds]
 
 // time zone, see https://github.com/JChristensen/Timezone/blob/master/examples/WorldClock/WorldClock.ino
 #define DAYLIGHT_TIME                   {"CEST", Last, Sun, Mar, 2, 120}     // Central European Summer Time