diff --git a/common/rfb/ConnParams.cxx b/common/rfb/ConnParams.cxx
index 2f0e275..ed74752 100644
--- a/common/rfb/ConnParams.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/ConnParams.cxx
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     supportsDesktopRename(false), supportsLastRect(false),
     supportsSetDesktopSize(false), supportsFence(false),
     supportsContinuousUpdates(false),
-    customCompressLevel(false), compressLevel(6),
+    customCompressLevel(false), compressLevel(2),
     noJpeg(false), qualityLevel(-1), fineQualityLevel(-1),
     subsampling(SUBSAMP_UNDEFINED),
     name_(0), nEncodings_(0), encodings_(0),
diff --git a/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx b/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
index 1b37c8a..9be4581 100644
--- a/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/TightEncoder.cxx
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
   { 65536, 2048,  24, 9, 9, 7,  64, 96, 92, SUBSAMP_NONE }, // 8
   { 65536, 2048,  32, 9, 9, 9,  96, 96,100, SUBSAMP_NONE }  // 9
 };
-const int TightEncoder::defaultCompressLevel = 1;
+
+const int TightEncoder::defaultCompressLevel = 2;
 
 //
 // Including BPP-dependent implementation of the encoder.