diff --git a/src/Api/Router.php b/src/Api/Router.php
index 77b4d4a..6258a81 100644
--- a/src/Api/Router.php
+++ b/src/Api/Router.php
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ 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 $result;
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@ class Router
     private function getRetentionConfig(): array
     {
         return [
-            'log_days' => (int) ($this->repo->getConfig('retention_log_days', '30')),
-            'alert_days' => (int) ($this->repo->getConfig('retention_alert_days', '90')),
+            'log_days' => (int) ($this->repo->getConfig('retention_log_days', '7')),
+            'alert_days' => (int) ($this->repo->getConfig('retention_alert_days', '14')),
         ];
     }