diff --git a/vncviewer/parameters.cxx b/vncviewer/parameters.cxx
index c4c8fc7..f88aa5c 100644
--- a/vncviewer/parameters.cxx
+++ b/vncviewer/parameters.cxx
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
                                   "Use custom compression level. "
                                   "Default if CompressLevel is specified.", false);
 IntParameter compressLevel("CompressLevel",
-                           "Use specified compression level 0 = Low, 9 = High",
-                           6);
+                           "Use specified compression level 0 = Low, 6 = High",
+                           1);
 BoolParameter noJpeg("NoJPEG",
                      "Disable lossy JPEG compression in Tight encoding.",
                      false);