diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
index 07f19b499..6872dcdfc 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
@@ -6,7 +6,13 @@ if [ "$(uci -q show network.globals | grep mptcp_path_manager)" = "" ]; then
 	set network.globals.mptcp_scheduler='default'
 	set network.globals.congestion='olia'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_checksum=1
-	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=4
+	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=30
+	commit network
+	EOF
+fi
+if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries)" = "4" ]; then
+	uci -q batch <<-EOF
+	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=30
 	commit network
 	EOF
 fi
diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/sysctl.d/default.conf b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/sysctl.d/default.conf
index b3ff25ed2..14be04753 100644
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/sysctl.d/default.conf
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/sysctl.d/default.conf
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 net.ipv4.tcp_ecn=1
 net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_helper=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle=30
+net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_fack=1
+net.ipv4.tcp_moderate_rcvbuf=0
+net.ipv4.tcp_retries2=3