diff --git a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
index 78ae80fa..8137235c 100644
--- a/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
+++ b/gui/slick/interfaces/default/config_general.tmpl
@@ -247,15 +247,15 @@
                     <fieldset class="component-group-list">
 
                         <div class="field-pair">
-                            <label class="nocheck clearfix" for="cpu_presets">
-                                <span class="component-title">CPU Throttling:</span>
-                                <span class="component-desc">
-                                    <select id="cpu_presets" name="cpu_preset">
-                                    #for $cur_preset in $cpu_presets:
-                                        <option value="$cur_preset" #if $cur_preset == $sickbeard.CPU_PRESET then "selected=\"selected\"" else ""#>$cur_preset</option>
-                                    #end for
-                                    </select>
+                            <label class="nocheck clearfix">
+                                <span class="component-title">CPU Throttling:
+                                <select id="cpu_presets" name="cpu_preset">
+                                #for $cur_preset in $cpu_presets:
+                                    <option value="$cur_preset" #if $cur_preset == $sickbeard.CPU_PRESET then "selected=\"selected\"" else ""#>$cur_preset</option>
+                                #end for
+                                </select>
                                 </span>
+                                <span class="component-desc">HIGH = Lower CPU usage<br>NORMAL = Defaults<br>LOW =  Higher CPU usage</span>
                             </label>
                         </div>
 
diff --git a/sickbeard/common.py b/sickbeard/common.py
index af6aeb8c..2554b542 100644
--- a/sickbeard/common.py
+++ b/sickbeard/common.py
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ mediaExtensions = ['avi', 'mkv', 'mpg', 'mpeg', 'wmv',
 
 subtitleExtensions = ['srt', 'sub', 'ass', 'idx', 'ssa']
 
-cpu_presets = {'HIGH': 0.01,
+cpu_presets = {'HIGH': 0.1,
                'NORMAL': 0.05,
-               'LOW': 0.1
+               'LOW': 0.01
 }
 
 ### Other constants