diff --git a/satellite/gc/service.go b/satellite/gc/service.go
index 415201d88..b637fbf43 100644
--- a/satellite/gc/service.go
+++ b/satellite/gc/service.go
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ var (
 
 // Config contains configurable values for garbage collection
 type Config struct {
-	Interval time.Duration `help:"the time between each send of garbage collection filters to storage nodes" releaseDefault:"168h" devDefault:"10m"`
-	Enabled  bool          `help:"set if garbage collection is enabled or not" releaseDefault:"false" devDefault:"true"`
+	Interval time.Duration `help:"the time between each send of garbage collection filters to storage nodes" releaseDefault:"120h" devDefault:"10m"`
+	Enabled  bool          `help:"set if garbage collection is enabled or not" releaseDefault:"true" devDefault:"true"`
 	// value for InitialPieces currently based on average pieces per node
 	InitialPieces     int     `help:"the initial number of pieces expected for a storage node to have, used for creating a filter" releaseDefault:"400000" devDefault:"10"`
 	FalsePositiveRate float64 `help:"the false positive rate used for creating a garbage collection bloom filter" releaseDefault:"0.1" devDefault:"0.1"`
diff --git a/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock b/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
index 2feb17b66..8b5149adc 100644
--- a/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
+++ b/scripts/testdata/satellite-config.yaml.lock
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 # garbage-collection.concurrent-sends: 1
 
 # set if garbage collection is enabled or not
-# garbage-collection.enabled: false
+# garbage-collection.enabled: true
 
 # the false positive rate used for creating a garbage collection bloom filter
 # garbage-collection.false-positive-rate: 0.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 # garbage-collection.initial-pieces: 400000
 
 # the time between each send of garbage collection filters to storage nodes
-# garbage-collection.interval: 168h0m0s
+# garbage-collection.interval: 120h0m0s
 
 # help for setup
 # help: false