diff --git a/include/timesync.h b/include/timesync.h
index 365c54c0..3d5cb059 100644
--- a/include/timesync.h
+++ b/include/timesync.h
@@ -6,12 +6,9 @@
 #include "timesync.h"
 #include "timekeeper.h"
 
-#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_TRIGGER 100 // deviation triggering a time sync [milliseconds]
+//#define TIME_SYNC_TRIGGER 100 // threshold for time sync [milliseconds]
 #define TIME_SYNC_FRAME_LENGTH 0x06 // timeserver answer frame length [bytes]
-#define TIME_SYNC_FIXUP 30 // calibration to fixup processing time [milliseconds]
+#define TIME_SYNC_FIXUP 6 // calibration to fixup processing time [milliseconds]
 
 void send_timesync_req(void);
 int recv_timesync_ans(uint8_t buf[], uint8_t buf_len);
diff --git a/src/paxcounter.conf b/src/paxcounter.conf
index 2220a1b0..bfc98ba1 100644
--- a/src/paxcounter.conf
+++ b/src/paxcounter.conf
@@ -66,11 +66,14 @@
 #define RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_MS             60000   // firmware binary server connection timeout [milliseconds]
 
 // settings for syncing time of node with external time source
-#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL              60      // sync time attempt each .. minutes from time source (GPS/LORA/RTC) [default = 60], 0 means off
-#define TIME_SYNC_COMPILEDATE           1       // set to 1 to use compile date to initialize RTC after power outage [default = 0]
+#define TIME_SYNC_INTERVAL              0       // sync time attempt each .. minutes from time source (GPS/LORA/RTC) [default = 60], 0 means off
+#define TIME_SYNC_COMPILEDATE           0       // set to 1 to use compile date to initialize RTC after power outage [default = 0]
 #define TIME_SYNC_LORAWAN               0       // set to 1 to use LORA network as time source, 0 means off [default = 0]
 #define TIME_SYNC_TIMESERVER            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]
 // 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
 #define STANDARD_TIME                   {"CET ", Last, Sun, Oct, 3, 60}      // Central European Standard Time