diff --git a/effects/blur/blur.kcfg b/effects/blur/blur.kcfg
index 9fc659d3a..cc3a9f700 100644
--- a/effects/blur/blur.kcfg
+++ b/effects/blur/blur.kcfg
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <kcfg xmlns="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0
     http://www.kde.org/standards/kcfg/1.0/kcfg.xsd" >
     <kcfgfile arg="true"/>
     <group name="Effect-Blur">
         <entry name="BlurStrength" type="Int">
-            <default>5</default>
+            <default>10</default>
         </entry>
         <entry name="UseSimpleBlur" type="Bool">
             <default>false</default>
         </entry>
     </group>
 </kcfg>
diff --git a/effects/blur/blur_config.ui b/effects/blur/blur_config.ui
index 068637ca0..a5629a0fc 100644
--- a/effects/blur/blur_config.ui
+++ b/effects/blur/blur_config.ui
@@ -1,107 +1,107 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>BlurEffectConfig</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="BlurEffectConfig">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>480</width>
     <height>95</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="labelConstantExplanation">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Strength of the effect:</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>
       <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
        <property name="orientation">
         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeType">
         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
         <size>
          <width>20</width>
          <height>20</height>
         </size>
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="labelConstantLight">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Light</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QSlider" name="kcfg_BlurStrength">
        <property name="minimum">
         <number>1</number>
        </property>
        <property name="maximum">
         <number>15</number>
        </property>
        <property name="singleStep">
         <number>1</number>
        </property>
        <property name="pageStep">
         <number>1</number>
        </property>
        <property name="value">
-        <number>5</number>
+        <number>10</number>
        </property>
        <property name="orientation">
         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="tickPosition">
         <enum>QSlider::TicksBelow</enum>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QLabel" name="labelConstantStrong">
        <property name="text">
         <string>Strong</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QCheckBox" name="kcfg_UseSimpleBlur">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Use simple fullscreen blur</string>
      </property>
      <property name="checked">
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>0</width>
        <height>0</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>