diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index 7524cc09..26658ee9 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ $config = array(
 
 	// status, took automatically from config file if empty
 	'status_enabled' => true, // you can disable status checking by settings this to "false"
-	'status_ip' => '',
+	'status_ip' => '127.0.0.1',
 	'status_port' => '',
-	'status_timeout' => 2, // how long to wait for the initial response from the server (default: 2 seconds)
+	'status_timeout' => 1.0, // how long to wait for the initial response from the server (default: 2 seconds)
 
 	// how often to connect to server and update status (default: every minute)
 	// if your status timeout in config.lua is bigger, that it will be used instead