diff --git a/src/Api/Router.php b/src/Api/Router.php
index 383efe8..22b5c3c 100644
--- a/src/Api/Router.php
+++ b/src/Api/Router.php
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ class Router
     private function runRetention(): array
     {
         $body = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
-        $logDays = (int) ($body['log_days'] ?? 30);
-        $alertDays = (int) ($body['alert_days'] ?? 90);
+        $logDays = (int) ($body['log_days'] ?? 14);
+        $alertDays = (int) ($body['alert_days'] ?? 30);
         $result = $this->repo->purgeOldData($logDays, $alertDays);
         $this->repo->logAudit('retention_purge', 'system', null, json_encode($result), $this->user());
         return $result;