diff --git a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
index 078d85d11..ea00439a3 100644
--- a/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
+++ b/src/engine/shared/config_variables.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ MACRO_CONFIG_INT(InpGrab, inp_grab, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Use f
 MACRO_CONFIG_STR(BrFilterString, br_filter_string, 25, "", CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Server browser filtering string")
 MACRO_CONFIG_STR(BrExcludeString, br_exclude_string, 25, "", CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Server browser exclusion string")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterFull, br_filter_full, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out full server in browser")
-MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterEmpty, br_filter_empty, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out empty server in browser")
+MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterEmpty, br_filter_empty, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out empty server in browser")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterSpectators, br_filter_spectators, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out spectators from player numbers")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterFriends, br_filter_friends, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out servers with no friends")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterCountry, br_filter_country, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out servers with non-matching player country")
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrFilterCompatversion, br_filter_compatversion, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLA
 MACRO_CONFIG_STR(BrFilterExcludeCountries, br_filter_exclude_countries, 128, "", CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out ddnet servers by country")
 MACRO_CONFIG_STR(BrFilterExcludeTypes, br_filter_exclude_types, 128, "", CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Filter out ddnet servers by type (mod)")
 
-MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrSort, br_sort, 1, 0, 256, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
-MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrSortOrder, br_sort_order, 0, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
+MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrSort, br_sort, 4, 0, 256, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
+MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrSortOrder, br_sort_order, 1, 0, 1, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "")
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(BrMaxRequests, br_max_requests, 25, 0, 1000, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Number of requests to use when refreshing server browser")
 
 MACRO_CONFIG_INT(SndBufferSize, snd_buffer_size, 512, 128, 32768, CFGFLAG_SAVE|CFGFLAG_CLIENT, "Sound buffer size")