diff --git a/src/config/main.lua.d/40-device-defaults.lua b/src/config/main.lua.d/40-device-defaults.lua
index 2204c4ac..fbbfa9d6 100644
--- a/src/config/main.lua.d/40-device-defaults.lua
+++ b/src/config/main.lua.d/40-device-defaults.lua
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ device_defaults.properties = {
   ["use-persistent-storage"] = true,
 
   -- the default volume to apply to ACP device nodes, in the linear scale
-  --["default-volume"] = 0.4,
+  --["default-volume"] = 0.064,
 
   -- Whether to auto-switch to echo cancel sink and source nodes or not
   ["auto-echo-cancel"] = true,
diff --git a/src/scripts/policy-device-routes.lua b/src/scripts/policy-device-routes.lua
index 075f5d63..2b44e42b 100644
--- a/src/scripts/policy-device-routes.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/policy-device-routes.lua
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ local config = ... or {}
 use_persistent_storage = config["use-persistent-storage"] or false
 
 -- the default volume to apply
-default_volume = tonumber(config["default-volume"] or 0.4)
+default_volume = tonumber(config["default-volume"] or 0.4^3)
 
 -- table of device info
 dev_infos = {}