diff --git a/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php b/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
index 7cd7c5ed6c..a58c5d3dfa 100644
--- a/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
+++ b/actions/apistatusnetconfig.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class ApiStatusnetConfigAction extends ApiAction
     var $keys = array(
         'site' => array('name', 'server', 'theme', 'path', 'logo', 'fancy', 'language',
                         'email', 'broughtby', 'broughtbyurl', 'timezone', 'closed',
-                        'inviteonly', 'private', 'textlimit', 'ssl', 'sslserver', 'shorturllength'),
+                        'inviteonly', 'private', 'textlimit', 'ssl', 'sslserver'),
         'license' => array('type', 'owner', 'url', 'title', 'image'),
         'nickname' => array('featured'),
         'profile' => array('biolimit'),
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ class ApiStatusnetConfigAction extends ApiAction
         'throttle' => array('enabled', 'count', 'timespan'),
         'xmpp' => array('enabled', 'server', 'port', 'user'),
         'integration' => array('source'),
-        'attachments' => array('uploads', 'file_quota')
+        'attachments' => array('uploads', 'file_quota'),
+        'url' => array('maxlength', 'maxnoticelength'),
     );
 
     /**
diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index 274c7014a4..7aa50bc3d9 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ $default =
               'private' => true,
               'ssl' => 'never',
               'sslserver' => null,
-              'shorturllength' => 30,
               'dupelimit' => 60, // default for same person saying the same thing
               'textlimit' => 0, // in chars; 0 == no limit
               'indent' => true,
@@ -337,8 +336,8 @@ $default =
               'peopletag' => true,
               'external' => 'sometimes'), // Options: 'sometimes', 'never', default = 'sometimes'
         'url' =>
-        array('shortener' => 'ur1.ca',
-              'maxlength' => 25,
+        array('shortener' => 'internal',
+              'maxlength' => 60,
               'maxnoticelength' => -1),
         'http' => // HTTP client settings when contacting other sites
         array('ssl_cafile' => false, // To enable SSL cert validation, point to a CA bundle (eg '/usr/lib/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt')