diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 74b7bdc52..daa2a2746 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ bool fTxIndex = false;
 unsigned int nCoinCacheSize = 5000;
 
 /** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for transaction creation) */
-int64 CTransaction::nMinTxFee = 10000;  // Override with -mintxfee
+int64 CTransaction::nMinTxFee = 2000000;
 /** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying) */
-int64 CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee = 10000;
+int64 CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee = 2000000;
 
 CMedianFilter<int> cPeerBlockCounts(8, 0); // Amount of blocks that other nodes claim to have