diff --git a/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp b/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
index 265922703..a31b83491 100644
--- a/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
+++ b/lib/libtuxtxt/tuxtxt.cpp
@@ -1957,10 +1957,10 @@ int Init(int source)
 
 	/* config defaults */
 	screenmode = 0;
-	screen_mode1 = 1;
-	color_mode   = 10;
-	trans_mode   = 1;
-	menulanguage = 1;	/* english */
+	screen_mode1 = 0;
+	color_mode   = 20;
+	trans_mode   = 6;
+	menulanguage = 0;	/* deutsch */
 	/*national_subset = 0;*//* default */
 	auto_national   = 1;
 	swapupdown      = 0;