diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
index b4d223e9..4512d8ba 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-printtext.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void gui_printtext_init(void)
 					    (GCompareFunc) g_str_equal);
 
 	settings_add_int("history", "scrollback_lines", 500);
-	settings_add_time("history", "scrollback_time", "day");
+	settings_add_time("history", "scrollback_time", "1day");
 	settings_add_int("history", "scrollback_burst_remove", 10);
 
 	signal_add("gui print text", (SIGNAL_FUNC) sig_gui_print_text);
diff --git a/src/irc/notifylist/notify-commands.c b/src/irc/notifylist/notify-commands.c
index 1fb485e3..94a6ead1 100644
--- a/src/irc/notifylist/notify-commands.c
+++ b/src/irc/notifylist/notify-commands.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static void cmd_unnotify(const char *data)
 
 void notifylist_commands_init(void)
 {
-	settings_add_time("misc", "notify_idle_time", "hour");
+	settings_add_time("misc", "notify_idle_time", "1hour");
 	command_bind("notify", NULL, (SIGNAL_FUNC) cmd_notify);
 	command_bind("unnotify", NULL, (SIGNAL_FUNC) cmd_unnotify);