diff --git a/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp b/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
index 8634b6e5..a54215be 100644
--- a/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
+++ b/src/index/beaglequeue.cpp
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ BeagleQueueIndexer::BeagleQueueIndexer(RclConfig *cnf, Rcl::Db *db,
     if (ccdir.at(0) != '/')
         ccdir = path_cat(m_config->getConfDir(), ccdir);
 
-    int maxmbs = 20;
+    int maxmbs = 40;
     m_config->getConfParam("webcachemaxmbs", &maxmbs);
     m_cache = new CirCache(ccdir);
     m_cache->create(off_t(maxmbs)*1000*1024, CirCache::CC_CRUNIQUE);
diff --git a/src/internfile/mh_text.cpp b/src/internfile/mh_text.cpp
index 66ec6615..29ba3541 100644
--- a/src/internfile/mh_text.cpp
+++ b/src/internfile/mh_text.cpp
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ bool MimeHandlerText::set_document_file(const string &fn)
     }
 
     // Max file size parameter: texts over this size are not indexed
-    int maxmbs = -1;
+    int maxmbs = 20;
     RclConfig::getMainConfig()->getConfParam("textfilemaxmbs", &maxmbs);
 
     if (maxmbs == -1 || st.st_size / MB <= maxmbs) {
         // Text file page size: if set, we split text files into
         // multiple documents
-        int ps = -1;
+        int ps = 1000;
         RclConfig::getMainConfig()->getConfParam("textfilepagekbs", &ps);
         if (ps != -1) {
             ps *= KB;
diff --git a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
index 5049787c..73915f6d 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/confgui/confguiindex.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ ConfBeaglePanelW::ConfBeaglePanelW(QWidget *parent, ConfNull *config)
     ConfParamIntW *cp3 =
         new ConfParamIntW(gb1, lnk3, tr("Max. size for the web cache (MB)"),
 		      tr("Entries will be recycled once the size is reached"),
-		      -1, 1000);
+                          -1, 1000);
     cp3->setEnabled(cp1->m_cb->isOn());
     connect(cp1->m_cb, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), cp3, SLOT(setEnabled(bool)));
 
diff --git a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
index 26981d50..ee655a35 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/guiutils.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ void rwSettings(bool writing)
     SETTING_RW(prefs.queryStemLang, "/Recoll/prefs/query/stemLang", ,
 	       "english");
     SETTING_RW(prefs.useDesktopOpen, 
-	       "/Recoll/prefs/useDesktopOpen", Bool, false);
+	       "/Recoll/prefs/useDesktopOpen", Bool, true);
     SETTING_RW(prefs.keepSort, 
 	       "/Recoll/prefs/keepSort", Bool, false);
     SETTING_RW(prefs.sortActive,