diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
index 8758646b9..dd45a6ec4 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.html
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
 
       <div class="row" ng-show="backupConfig.provider !== 'caas'">
           <div class="col-xs-6">
-              <span class="text-muted">Format</span>
+              <span class="text-muted">Storage Format</span>
           </div>
           <div class="col-xs-6 text-right">
               <span>{{ backupConfig.format }}</span>
diff --git a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
index dabc6aa1a..67bd8a9e3 100644
--- a/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
+++ b/webadmin/src/views/settings.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
 
     $scope.retentionTimes = [
         { name: '2 days', value: 2 * 24 * 60 * 60 },
-        { name: '1 week', value:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60},
+        { name: '1 week', value:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60}, // the default
         { name: '1 month', value: 30 * 24 * 60 * 60},
         { name: 'Forever', value: -1 }
     ];
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
         region: '',
         endpoint: '',
         backupFolder: '',
-        retentionSecs: -1,
+        retentionSecs:  7 * 24 * 60 * 60,
         acceptSelfSignedCerts: false,
         format: 'tgz',
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('SettingsController', ['$scope', '$loca
             $scope.configureBackup.endpoint = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.region = '';
             $scope.configureBackup.backupFolder = '';
-            $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = -1;
+            $scope.configureBackup.retentionSecs = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;
             $scope.configureBackup.format = 'tgz';
             $scope.configureBackup.acceptSelfSignedCerts = false;
         },