diff --git a/embroider.inx b/embroider.inx
index 10b2d3713..804a74163 100644
--- a/embroider.inx
+++ b/embroider.inx
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
     <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">embroider.py</dependency>
     <dependency type="executable" location="extensions">inkex.py</dependency>
     <param name="pixels_per_mm" type="float" min="1" max="100" precision="2" _gui-text="Pixels per millimeter">10</param>
-    <param name="zigzag_spacing_mm"       type="float"   min="0.01" max="5.00" precision="2" _gui-text="Zigzag spacing (mm)">1.00</param>
-    <param name="row_spacing_mm"       type="float"   min="0.01" max="5.00" precision="2" _gui-text="Row spacing (mm)">0.40</param>
+    <param name="zigzag_spacing_mm"       type="float"   min="0.01" max="5.00" precision="2" _gui-text="Zigzag spacing (mm)">0.40</param>
+    <param name="row_spacing_mm"       type="float"   min="0.01" max="5.00" precision="2" _gui-text="Row spacing (mm)">0.25</param>
     <param name="max_stitch_len_mm"       type="float"   min="0.1" max="100.0" _gui-text="Maximum stitch length (mm)">3.0</param>
-    <param name="running_stitch_len_mm"       type="float"   min="0.1" max="100.0" _gui-text="Running stitch length (mm)">3.0</param>
+    <param name="running_stitch_len_mm"       type="float"   min="0.1" max="100.0" _gui-text="Running stitch length (mm)">1.5</param>
     <param name="collapse_len_mm" type="float" min="0.0" max="10.0" _gui-text="Maximum collapse length (mm)">0.0</param>
     <param name="hide_layers" type="boolean" _gui-text="Hide other layers" description="Hide all other top-level layers when the embroidery layer is generated, in order to make stitching discernable.">true</param>
     <param name="output_format" type="optiongroup" _gui-text="Output file format" appearance="minimal">