diff --git a/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/rrdtool.js b/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/rrdtool.js
index c1eb171ee7..e971e2c6c4 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/rrdtool.js
+++ b/applications/luci-app-statistics/htdocs/luci-static/resources/view/statistics/plugins/rrdtool.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ return baseclass.extend({
 		};
 
 		o = s.option(form.Value, 'RRARows', _('Rows per RRA'));
-		o.default = '144';
+		o.default = '288';
 		o.datatype = 'min(1)';
 		o.depends('enable', '1');
 
diff --git a/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/etc/config/luci_statistics b/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/etc/config/luci_statistics
index 581a1f5a2c..4c91076c31 100644
--- a/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/etc/config/luci_statistics
+++ b/applications/luci-app-statistics/root/etc/config/luci_statistics
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config statistics 'rrdtool'
 config statistics 'collectd_rrdtool'
 	option enable '1'
 	option DataDir '/tmp/rrd'
-	option RRARows '144'
+	option RRARows '288'
 	option RRASingle '1'
 	option RRATimespans '1hour 1day 1week 1month 1year'