diff --git a/plugins/ezoom/ezoom.xml.in b/plugins/ezoom/ezoom.xml.in
index dc077e40e9d3c5c834f962c7b86428abcf0d68d7..d4e6ee32e0696c513171defdb36f326d2fada5ce 100755
--- a/plugins/ezoom/ezoom.xml.in
+++ b/plugins/ezoom/ezoom.xml.in
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 		<option type="float" name="zoom_spec2">
 		    <_short>Specific Zoom 2</_short>
 		    <_long>Zoom level to go to when triggering hotkey 2</_long>
-		    <default>1.0</default>
+		    <default>0.5</default>
 		    <min>0.1</min>
 		    <max>1.0</max>
 		    <precision>0.01</precision>
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 		<option type="float" name="zoom_spec3">
 		    <_short>Specific Zoom 3</_short>
 		    <_long>Zoom level to go to when triggering hotkey 3</_long>
-		    <default>1.0</default>
+		    <default>0.2</default>
 		    <min>0.1</min>
 		    <max>1.0</max>
 		    <precision>0.01</precision>