diff --git a/config/default.js b/config/default.js
index 5eb7dbdce8e..3a5e1165437 100644
--- a/config/default.js
+++ b/config/default.js
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
   payments: {
     timeout: 30, // Upper limit on the amount of time (s) we should spend when attempting to probe a payment
-    feeLimit: 1000, // Upper limit on the routing fees we should accept when sending payment without a limit
+    feeLimit: 5000, // Upper limit on the routing fees we should accept when sending payment without a limit
     probeTimeout: 30, // Upper limit on the amount of time (s) we should spend when attempting to send a payment
-    probeFeeLimit: 1000, // Upper limit on the routing fees we want to consider in payment probes
+    probeFeeLimit: 5000, // Upper limit on the routing fees we want to consider in payment probes
   },
 
   autopay: {