diff --git a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/Highlight.gml b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/Highlight.gml
index f7c2bda5a6..82fde1e358 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/Highlight.gml
+++ b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/Highlight.gml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                 orientation: "Horizontal"
                 max: 230
                 min: 0
-                value: 80
+                value: 110
             }
 
             @GUI::Label {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
                 orientation: "Horizontal"
                 max: 60
                 min: 19
-                value: 30
+                value: 25
             }
 
             @GUI::Label {
diff --git a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/HighlightWidget.cpp b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/HighlightWidget.cpp
index 50079140d4..cf423bbbdf 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/HighlightWidget.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/MouseSettings/HighlightWidget.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ void HighlightWidget::apply_settings()
 
 void HighlightWidget::reset_default_values()
 {
-    constexpr auto default_highlight_color = Gfx::Color::NamedColor::Yellow;
-    constexpr auto default_highlight_opacity = 80; // (in range of 0-255)
+    constexpr auto default_highlight_color = Gfx::Color::NamedColor::Red;
+    constexpr auto default_highlight_opacity = 110; // (in range of 0-255)
     // Disable the highlighting by default.
     // The range of radii you can configure the highlight to is 20 to 60px,
     // anything less than that is treated as 'no highlighting'.
-    constexpr auto default_highlight_radius_length = 19;
-    m_highlight_color_input->set_color(default_highlight_color);
+    constexpr auto default_highlight_radius_length = 25;
     m_highlight_opacity_slider->set_value(default_highlight_opacity);
+    m_highlight_color_input->set_color(default_highlight_color);
     m_highlight_radius_slider->set_value(default_highlight_radius_length);
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Services/WindowServer/WindowManager.cpp b/Userland/Services/WindowServer/WindowManager.cpp
index 463fdfc4e6..bff7e7fe1c 100644
--- a/Userland/Services/WindowServer/WindowManager.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Services/WindowServer/WindowManager.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ void WindowManager::reload_config()
 
     m_double_click_speed = m_config->read_num_entry("Input", "DoubleClickSpeed", 250);
     m_buttons_switched = m_config->read_bool_entry("Mouse", "ButtonsSwitched", false);
-    m_cursor_highlight_radius = m_config->read_num_entry("Mouse", "CursorHighlightRadius", 0);
-    Color default_highlight_color = Color::NamedColor::Yellow;
-    default_highlight_color.set_alpha(80);
+    m_cursor_highlight_radius = m_config->read_num_entry("Mouse", "CursorHighlightRadius", 25);
+    Color default_highlight_color = Color::NamedColor::Red;
+    default_highlight_color.set_alpha(110);
     m_cursor_highlight_color = Color::from_string(m_config->read_entry("Mouse", "CursorHighlightColor")).value_or(default_highlight_color);
     apply_cursor_theme(m_config->read_entry("Mouse", "CursorTheme", "Default"));