diff --git a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
index 8db468f60c..92dba297c4 100755
--- a/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
+++ b/openmptcprouter/files/etc/uci-defaults/1990-omr-tracker
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn=interface
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.type="none"
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.timeout=10
-		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries=3
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries=2
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.interval=5
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.mail_alert=0
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.enabled=1
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get omr-tracker.omrvpn)" = "" ]; then
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.reliability='1'
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.count='1'
 		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.failure_interval='3'
-		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries_up='3
+		set omr-tracker.omrvpn.tries_up='1'
 		commit omr-tracker
 	EOF
 fi