diff --git a/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.h b/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.h
index 038043db49..b318ff4dbf 100644
--- a/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.h
+++ b/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, BITStoreUpdateSetting) {
  - `BITStoreUpdateCheckWeekly`: Once a week
  - `BITStoreUpdateCheckManually`: Manually
  
- **Default**: BITStoreUpdateCheckDaily
+ **Default**: BITStoreUpdateCheckWeekly
  
  @warning When setting this to `BITStoreUpdateCheckManually` you need to either
  invoke the update checking process yourself with `checkForUpdate` somehow, e.g. by
diff --git a/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.m b/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.m
index 3407ca28b7..911d7318f2 100644
--- a/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.m
+++ b/Classes/BITStoreUpdateManager.m
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     
     // set defaults
     self.checkForUpdateOnLaunch = YES;
-    self.updateSetting = BITStoreUpdateCheckDaily;
+    self.updateSetting = BITStoreUpdateCheckWeekly;
 
     if (!BITHockeyBundle()) {
       NSLog(@"[HockeySDK] WARNING: %@ is missing, built in UI is deactivated!", BITHOCKEYSDK_BUNDLE);