diff --git a/src/feather/app.py b/src/feather/app.py
index 18cea48..63128f9 100755
--- a/src/feather/app.py
+++ b/src/feather/app.py
@@ -221,16 +221,22 @@ class FeatherApp:
 
     async def daemon(self):
         """Start the synchronization daemon"""
-        print(
-            f"Started in daemon mode; changes will be downloaded from the server every {self.config.daemon_sync_down_every}s and uploaded every {self.config.daemon_sync_up_every}s"
-        )
+        config = self.config
+        if config.daemon_watch_files:
+             print(
+                f"Started in daemon mode; changes will be downloaded from the server every {config.daemon_sync_down_every_when_used} to {config.daemon_sync_down_every} seconds and uploaded every {config.daemon_sync_up_every_when_used} to {config.daemon_sync_up_every} seconds"
+            )
+        else:
+            print(
+                f"Started in daemon mode; changes will be downloaded from the server every {config.daemon_sync_down_every}s and uploaded every {config.daemon_sync_up_every} seconds"
+            )
         async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg:
             stop_sleep_up_event, stop_sleep_down_event = Event(), Event()
             tasks = [
                 tg.create_task(self.daemon_sync_up_loop(stop_sleep_up_event)),
                 tg.create_task(self.daemon_sync_down_loop(stop_sleep_down_event)),
             ]
-            if self.config.daemon_watch_files:
+            if config.daemon_watch_files:
                 tasks.append(
                     tg.create_task(
                         self.daemon_watch_loop(
diff --git a/src/feather/config.default.toml b/src/feather/config.default.toml
index f1387de..2580629 100644
--- a/src/feather/config.default.toml
+++ b/src/feather/config.default.toml
@@ -137,18 +137,17 @@ format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"
 [daemon]
 # When running in daemon mode, Feather will download changes from the server (new articles, articles read state) at least every <sync_down_every> seconds.
 # Can be set through the environment variable DAEMON_SYNC_DOWN_EVERY.
-sync_down_every = 900
+sync_down_every = 1800
 # When running in daemon mode, Feather will upload local changes to the server (read articles) at least every <sync_up_every> seconds.
 # Can be set through the environment variable DAEMON_SYNC_UP_EVERY.
-sync_up_every = 60
+sync_up_every = 300
 # If true, enable the file watcher.
-# When enabled, Feather will watch for file changes in the reader directory; when a change is detected, the time before the next up and down synchronization is reduced to <sync_up_every_when_used> and <sync_down_every_when_used>.
-# This can be used to reduce network requests to the server while Feather is not in use.
+# When enabled, Feather will watch for file changes in the reader directory; when a change is detected, the time before the next up and down synchronization is reduced to <sync_up_every_when_used> and <sync_down_every_when_used>, thus increasing synchronization frequency while Feather is in use.
 # Can be set through the environment variable DAEMON_WATCH_FILES.
 watch_files = true
 # If the file watcher is enabled and activity is detected, Feather will wait <sync_down_every_when_used> instead of <sync_down_every> seconds before the next down synchronization.
 # Can be set through the environment variable DAEMON_SYNC_DOWN_EVERY_WHEN_USED.
-sync_down_every_when_used = 60
+sync_down_every_when_used = 300
 # If the file watcher is enabled and activity is detected, Feather will wait <sync_up_every_when_used> instead of <sync_up_every> seconds before the next up synchronization.
 # Can be set through the environment variable DAEMON_SYNC_UP_EVERY_WHEN_USED.
 sync_up_every_when_used = 2