diff --git a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
index 647c23303..f8c681624 100755
--- a/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
+++ b/luci-app-openmptcprouter/root/etc/uci-defaults/openmptcprouter
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.check_ipv6_website)" = "" ]; then
 		commit openmptcprouter
 	EOF
 fi
-if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.status_vps_timeout)" = "" ]; then
+if [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.status_vps_timeout)" = "" ] || [ "$(uci -q get openmptcprouter.settings.status_vps_timeout)" = "1" ]; then
 	uci -q batch <<-EOF >/dev/null
-		set openmptcprouter.settings.status_vps_timeout=1
+		set openmptcprouter.settings.status_vps_timeout=3
 		commit openmptcprouter
 	EOF
 fi