diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
index 640cd75..7677f89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOServer.java
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ public class SocketIOServer {
 	private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 	
 	private int heartbeatThreadPoolSize = 4;
-	private int heartbeatTimeout = 15;
-	private int heartbeatInterval = 20;
+	private int heartbeatTimeout = 60;
+	private int heartbeatInterval = 25;
 	private int bossThreadPoolSize = 8;
 	private int workerThreadPoolSize = 16;
 	
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOUpstreamHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOUpstreamHandler.java
index f21686f..dc1cf5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOUpstreamHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/corundumstudio/socketio/SocketIOUpstreamHandler.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ package com.corundumstudio.socketio;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class SocketIOUpstreamHandler extends SimpleChannelUpstreamHandler {