diff --git a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/api/SingularityBounceRequest.java b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/api/SingularityBounceRequest.java
index 6604201ff9..d5f62fca11 100644
--- a/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/api/SingularityBounceRequest.java
+++ b/SingularityBase/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/api/SingularityBounceRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.hubspot.singularity.api;
 
+import java.util.UUID;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import com.google.common.base.Optional;
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@ public SingularityBounceRequest(@JsonProperty("incremental") Optional<Boolean> i
     this.skipHealthchecks = skipHealthchecks;
   }
 
+  public static SingularityBounceRequest defaultRequest() {
+    return new SingularityBounceRequest(Optional.<Boolean>absent(), Optional.<Boolean>absent(), Optional.<Long>absent(), Optional.of(UUID.randomUUID().toString()), Optional.<String>absent());
+  }
+
   @ApiModelProperty(required=false, value="If present and set to true, old tasks will be killed as soon as replacement tasks are available, instead of waiting for all replacement tasks to be healthy")
   public Optional<Boolean> getIncremental() {
     return incremental;
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/SingularityConfiguration.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/SingularityConfiguration.java
index 0e9b08611c..deb3edb8e3 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/SingularityConfiguration.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/config/SingularityConfiguration.java
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public class SingularityConfiguration extends Configuration {
   @JsonProperty("database")
   private DataSourceFactory databaseConfiguration;
 
+  @Min(value = 1, message = "Must be positive and non-zero")
+  private int defaultBounceExpirationMinutes = 60;
+
   @NotNull
   private SlavePlacement defaultSlavePlacement = SlavePlacement.GREEDY;
 
@@ -339,6 +342,14 @@ public Optional<DataSourceFactory> getDatabaseConfiguration() {
     return Optional.fromNullable(databaseConfiguration);
   }
 
+  public int getDefaultBounceExpirationMinutes() {
+    return defaultBounceExpirationMinutes;
+  }
+
+  public void setDefaultBounceExpirationMinutes(int defaultBounceExpirationMinutes) {
+    this.defaultBounceExpirationMinutes = defaultBounceExpirationMinutes;
+  }
+
   public SlavePlacement getDefaultSlavePlacement() {
     return defaultSlavePlacement;
   }
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/resources/RequestResource.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/resources/RequestResource.java
index 712733e26b..6ae365a0e1 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/resources/RequestResource.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/resources/RequestResource.java
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ public SingularityRequestParent bounce(@ApiParam("The request ID to bounce") @Pa
     if (bounceRequest.isPresent()) {
       actionId = bounceRequest.get().getActionId();
       message = bounceRequest.get().getMessage();
+    }
 
-      if (bounceRequest.get().getDurationMillis().isPresent() && !actionId.isPresent()) {
-        actionId = Optional.of(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-      }
+    if (!actionId.isPresent()) {
+      actionId = Optional.of(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
     }
 
     final String deployId = getAndCheckDeployId(requestId);
@@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ public SingularityRequestParent bounce(@ApiParam("The request ID to bounce") @Pa
 
     requestManager.bounce(requestWithState.getRequest(), System.currentTimeMillis(), JavaUtils.getUserEmail(user), message);
 
-    if (bounceRequest.isPresent() && bounceRequest.get().getDurationMillis().isPresent()) {
-      requestManager.saveExpiringObject(new SingularityExpiringBounce(requestId, deployId, JavaUtils.getUserEmail(user),
-          System.currentTimeMillis(), bounceRequest.get(), actionId.get()));
-    }
+    requestManager.saveExpiringObject(new SingularityExpiringBounce(requestId, deployId, JavaUtils.getUserEmail(user),
+        System.currentTimeMillis(), bounceRequest.or(SingularityBounceRequest.defaultRequest()), actionId.get()));
 
     return fillEntireRequest(requestWithState);
   }
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller.java
index cd4a0ea544..f7754483cd 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/scheduler/SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller extends SingularityLeaderOnlyPo
   private final SingularityMailer mailer;
   private final RequestHelper requestHelper;
   private final List<SingularityExpiringUserActionHandler<?>> handlers;
+  private final SingularityConfiguration configuration;
 
   @Inject
   SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller(SingularityConfiguration configuration, RequestManager requestManager, TaskManager taskManager,
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class SingularityExpiringUserActionPoller extends SingularityLeaderOnlyPo
     this.requestHelper = requestHelper;
     this.mailer = mailer;
     this.taskManager = taskManager;
+    this.configuration = configuration;
 
     List<SingularityExpiringUserActionHandler<?>> tempHandlers = Lists.newArrayList();
     tempHandlers.add(new SingularityExpiringBounceHandler());
@@ -85,18 +87,22 @@ private boolean isExpiringDue(T expiringObject) {
       final long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
       final long duration = now - expiringObject.getStartMillis();
 
-      return duration > expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getDurationMillis().get();
+      return duration > getDurationMillis(expiringObject);
     }
 
     protected String getMessage(T expiringObject) {
       String msg = String.format("%s expired after %s", getActionName(),
-          JavaUtils.durationFromMillis(expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getDurationMillis().get()));
+          JavaUtils.durationFromMillis(getDurationMillis(expiringObject)));
       if (expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getMessage().isPresent() && expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getMessage().get().length() > 0) {
         msg = String.format("%s (%s)", msg, expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getMessage().get());
       }
       return msg;
     }
 
+    protected long getDurationMillis(T expiringObject) {
+      return expiringObject.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getDurationMillis().get();
+    }
+
     protected void checkExpiringObjects() {
       for (T expiringObject : requestManager.getExpiringObjects(clazz)) {
         if (isExpiringDue(expiringObject)) {
@@ -130,6 +136,11 @@ protected String getActionName() {
       return "Bounce";
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected long getDurationMillis(SingularityExpiringBounce expiringBounce) {
+      return expiringBounce.getExpiringAPIRequestObject().getDurationMillis().or(TimeUnit.MINUTES.toMillis(configuration.getDefaultBounceExpirationMinutes()));
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void handleExpiringObject(SingularityExpiringBounce expiringObject, SingularityRequestWithState requestWithState, String message) {
       for (SingularityTaskCleanup taskCleanup : taskManager.getCleanupTasks()) {
diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
index 9a4cef1c1c..cbf93dedcb 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/views/IndexView.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public class IndexView extends View {
   private final Integer slaveHttpPort;
   private final Integer slaveHttpsPort;
 
+  private final int defaultBounceExpirationMinutes;
   private final long defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds;
   private final long defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds;
   private final long defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public IndexView(String singularityUriBase, String appRoot, SingularityConfigura
 
     this.navColor = configuration.getUiConfiguration().getNavColor();
 
+    this.defaultBounceExpirationMinutes = configuration.getDefaultBounceExpirationMinutes();
     this.defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds = configuration.getHealthcheckIntervalSeconds();
     this.defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds = configuration.getHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds();
     this.defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds = configuration.getDeployHealthyBySeconds();
@@ -154,6 +156,10 @@ public Boolean getLoadBalancingEnabled() {
     return loadBalancingEnabled;
   }
 
+  public int getDefaultBounceExpirationMinutes() {
+    return defaultBounceExpirationMinutes;
+  }
+
   public long getDefaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds() {
     return defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds;
   }
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ public String toString() {
             ", title='" + title + '\'' +
             ", slaveHttpPort=" + slaveHttpPort +
             ", slaveHttpsPort=" + slaveHttpsPort +
+            ", defaultBounceExpirationMinutes=" + defaultBounceExpirationMinutes +
             ", defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds=" + defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds +
             ", defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds=" + defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds +
             ", defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds=" + defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds +
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache b/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
index 87a6d4c580..6aedd119f4 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/assets/_index.mustache
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             loadBalancingEnabled: {{{loadBalancingEnabled}}},
             defaultCpus: {{{defaultCpus}}},
             defaultMemory: {{{defaultMemory}}},
+            defaultBounceExpirationMinutes: {{{defaultBounceExpirationMinutes}}},
             defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds: {{{defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds}}},
             defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds: {{{defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds}}},
             defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds: {{{defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds}}},
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/models/Request.coffee b/SingularityUI/app/models/Request.coffee
index ca3bc81363..3a1dec6efa 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/models/Request.coffee
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/models/Request.coffee
@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ class Request extends Model
 
     promptBounce: (callback) =>
         vex.dialog.confirm
-            message: bounceTemplate id: @get "id"
+            message: bounceTemplate
+                id: @get "id"
+                config: config
             input: """
                 <input name="message" id="bounce-message" type="text" placeholder="Message (optional)" />
             """
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/templates/vex/requestBounce.hbs b/SingularityUI/app/templates/vex/requestBounce.hbs
index d6cff89c91..8b2ff1f17d 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/templates/vex/requestBounce.hbs
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/templates/vex/requestBounce.hbs
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 	<input type="checkbox" name="skip-healthchecks" id="skip-healthchecks"> Skip healthchecks during bounce
 </label>
 <div class="vex-dialog-input expiration-input">
-		<input name="duration" id="bounce-expiration" type="text" placeholder="Expiration (optional)" />
+		<input name="duration" id="bounce-expiration" type="text" placeholder="Expiration (optional - default {{ config.defaultBounceExpirationMinutes }}m)" />
 </div>
 <span class="help">If an expiration duration is specified, this bounce will be aborted if not finished. Accepts any english time duration. (Days, Hr, Min...)</span>
diff --git a/SingularityUI/app/views/requestActionExpirations.coffee b/SingularityUI/app/views/requestActionExpirations.coffee
index 3ee49dc7bc..b5734a48f8 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/app/views/requestActionExpirations.coffee
+++ b/SingularityUI/app/views/requestActionExpirations.coffee
@@ -29,15 +29,20 @@ class requestActionExpirations extends View
                 revertParam: request.expiringScale.revertToInstances
                 message: request.expiringScale.expiringAPIRequestObject.message
 
-        if request.expiringBounce and (request.expiringBounce.startMillis + request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.durationMillis) > new Date().getTime()
-            expirations.push
-                action: 'Bounce'
-                user: if request.expiringBounce.user then request.expiringBounce.user.split('@')[0] else ""
-                endMillis: request.expiringBounce.startMillis + request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.durationMillis
-                canRevert: false
-                cancelText: 'Cancel'
-                cancelAction: 'cancelBounce'
-                message: request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.message
+        if request.expiringBounce
+            if request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.durationMillis
+                endMillis = request.expiringBounce.startMillis + request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.durationMillis
+            else
+                endMillis = request.expiringBounce.startMillis + (config.defaultBounceExpirationMinutes * 60 * 1000)
+            if endMillis > new Date().getTime()
+                expirations.push
+                    action: 'Bounce'
+                    user: if request.expiringBounce.user then request.expiringBounce.user.split('@')[0] else ""
+                    endMillis: endMillis
+                    canRevert: false
+                    cancelText: 'Cancel'
+                    cancelAction: 'cancelBounce'
+                    message: request.expiringBounce.expiringAPIRequestObject.message
 
         if request.expiringPause and (request.expiringPause.startMillis + request.expiringPause.expiringAPIRequestObject.durationMillis) > new Date().getTime()
             expirations.push
diff --git a/SingularityUI/config.coffee b/SingularityUI/config.coffee
index 61642f5ef1..c6ab48885b 100644
--- a/SingularityUI/config.coffee
+++ b/SingularityUI/config.coffee
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ exports.config =
             navColor: process.env.SINGULARITY_NAV_COLOR
             defaultCpus: process.env.SINGUALRITY_DEFAULT_CPUS ? 1
             defaultMemory: process.env.SINGULARITY_DEFAULT_MEMORY ? 128
+            defaultBounceExpirationMinutes: process.env.SINGULARITY_DEFAULT_BOUNCE_EXPIRATION_MINUTES ? 60
             defaultHealthcheckIntervalSeconds: process.env.SINGULARITY_DEFAULT_HEALTHCHECK_INTERVAL_SECONDS ? 5
             defaultHealthcheckTimeoutSeconds: process.env.SINGULARITY_HEALTHCHECK_TIMEOUT_SECONDS ? 5
             defaultDeployHealthTimeoutSeconds: process.env.SINGULARITY_DEPLOY_HEALTH_TIMEOUT_SECONDS ? 120