diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11a86e9f4558d3844960c1920f1938ee7cdbc4a6..e02b177dbe885f64eff0d8c099c746efc90fd741 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ ssid_changer = {
   tq_limit_enabled = 0,   -- if false, the offline SSID will only be set if there is no gateway reacheable
                           -- upper and lower limit to turn the offline_ssid on and off
                           -- in-between these two values the SSID will never be changed to prevent it from toggeling every minute.
-  tq_limit_max = '55',    -- upper limit, above that the online SSID will be used
-  tq_limit_min = '45'     -- lower limit, below that the offline SSID will be used
+  tq_limit_max = '45',    -- upper limit, above that the online SSID will be used
+  tq_limit_min = '35'     -- lower limit, below that the offline SSID will be used
 },
 ```
 
diff --git a/gluon-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh b/gluon-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
index f012d14d329a82dd5f6dc6ac0f8d329e6ba350d2..05382372eced130e5d866b3178a811800a81a057 100755
--- a/gluon-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
+++ b/gluon-ssid-changer/files/lib/gluon/ssid-changer/ssid-changer.sh
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ TQ_LIMIT_ENABLED="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_enabled)"
 if [ $TQ_LIMIT_ENABLED = 1 ]; then
 	TQ_LIMIT_MAX="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_max)"
 	#  upper limit, above that the online SSID will be used
-	: ${TQ_LIMIT_MAX:='55'}
+	: ${TQ_LIMIT_MAX:='45'}
 	TQ_LIMIT_MIN="$(uci -q get ssid-changer.settings.tq_limit_min)"
 	#  lower limit, below that the offline SSID will be used
-	: ${TQ_LIMIT_MIN:='45'}
+	: ${TQ_LIMIT_MIN:='35'}
 	# grep the connection quality of the currently used gateway
 	GATEWAY_TQ=$(batctl gwl | grep -e "^=>" -e "^\*" | awk -F '[('')]' '{print $2}' | tr -d " ")
 	if [ ! $GATEWAY_TQ ]; then
diff --git a/gluon-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-ssid-changer b/gluon-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-ssid-changer
index f7d6a70b49978ba00424d467f5f375111ae28ca0..5de2476cd89dddba5e6c4b36803e350323882799 100755
--- a/gluon-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-ssid-changer
+++ b/gluon-ssid-changer/luasrc/lib/gluon/upgrade/500-ssid-changer
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ uci:section('ssid-changer', 'main', 'settings', {
   prefix            = site.ssid_changer.prefix or 'FF_OFFLINE_',
   suffix            = site.ssid_changer.suffix or 'nodename',
   tq_limit_enabled  = site.ssid_changer.tq_limit_enabled or '0',
-  tq_limit_max      = site.ssid_changer.tq_limit_max or '55',
-  tq_limit_min      = site.ssid_changer.tq_limit_min or '45',
+  tq_limit_max      = site.ssid_changer.tq_limit_max or '45',
+  tq_limit_min      = site.ssid_changer.tq_limit_min or '35',
 })
 end