diff --git a/src/citra/config.cpp b/src/citra/config.cpp
index 0aeb5f8cf..da0f6afb5 100644
--- a/src/citra/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra/config.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void Config::ReadValues() {
     Settings::values.pad_circle_modifier_scale =
         (float)sdl2_config->GetReal("Controls", "pad_circle_modifier_scale", 0.5);
     Settings::values.pad_circle_deadzone =
-        (float)sdl2_config->GetReal("Controls", "pad_circle_deadzone", 0.4);
+        (float)sdl2_config->GetReal("Controls", "pad_circle_deadzone", 0.3);
 
     // Core
     Settings::values.use_cpu_jit = sdl2_config->GetBoolean("Core", "use_cpu_jit", true);
diff --git a/src/citra/default_ini.h b/src/citra/default_ini.h
index f1aa9c502..b998d15a7 100644
--- a/src/citra/default_ini.h
+++ b/src/citra/default_ini.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pad_circle_modifier =
 pad_circle_modifier_scale =
 
 # Deadzone applied to the circle pad.
-# Must be in range of 0.0 - 1.0. Defaults to 0.4
+# Must be in range of 0.0 - 1.0. Defaults to 0.3
 pad_circle_deadzone =
 
 [Core]
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/config.cpp b/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
index ce2a75752..47fdee67b 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/config.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void Config::ReadValues() {
     Settings::values.pad_circle_modifier = Settings::InputDeviceMapping(
         qt_config->value("pad_circle_modifier", 0).toString().toStdString());
     Settings::values.pad_circle_modifier_scale =
-        qt_config->value("pad_circle_modifier_scale", 0.4).toFloat();
+        qt_config->value("pad_circle_modifier_scale", 0.5).toFloat();
     Settings::values.pad_circle_deadzone = qt_config->value("pad_circle_deadzone", 0.3f).toFloat();
     qt_config->endGroup();