diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cd4eace..24f128b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=102
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=4
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=5
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ HAVE_FREEBOB="false"
 if test "x$TRY_FREEBOB" = "xyes"
 then
 	# check for FreeBob libraries
-	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBFREEBOB, libfreebob >= 0.5.1,
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBFREEBOB, libfreebob >= 0.8.2,
 	     [HAVE_FREEBOB="true"
               JACK_DEFAULT_DRIVER=\"freebob\"
 	     ], AC_MSG_RESULT([no]))
diff --git a/drivers/freebob/freebob_driver.c b/drivers/freebob/freebob_driver.c
index 1e70dc0..0e23d5a 100644
--- a/drivers/freebob/freebob_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/freebob/freebob_driver.c
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ driver_get_descriptor ()
 	strcpy (params[i].name, "period");
 	params[i].character  = 'p';
 	params[i].type       = JackDriverParamUInt;
-	params[i].value.ui   = 512;
+	params[i].value.ui   = 1024;
 	strcpy (params[i].short_desc, "Frames per period");
 	strcpy (params[i].long_desc, params[i].short_desc);
 	
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ driver_get_descriptor ()
 	strcpy (params[i].name, "rate");
 	params[i].character  = 'r';
 	params[i].type       = JackDriverParamUInt;
-	params[i].value.ui   = 44100U;
-	strcpy (params[i].short_desc, "The sample rate");
+	params[i].value.ui   = 48000U;
+	strcpy (params[i].short_desc, "Sample rate");
 	strcpy (params[i].long_desc, params[i].short_desc);
 
 	i++;
@@ -1053,8 +1053,8 @@ driver_initialize (jack_client_t *client, JSList * params)
 	cmlparams.node_id_set=0;
 
 	/* default values */
-	cmlparams.period_size=512;
-	cmlparams.sample_rate=44100;
+	cmlparams.period_size=1024;
+	cmlparams.sample_rate=48000;
 	cmlparams.buffer_size=3;
 	cmlparams.port=0;
 	cmlparams.node_id=-1;