diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 986ef24e26..1ae910d79e 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 
 // Preferences.
-const int DEFAULT_AUTOMINT_DENOM = 10;
+const int DEFAULT_AUTOMINT_DENOM = 1000;
 
 // Application startup time (used for uptime calculation)
 int64_t GetStartupTime();