diff --git a/man/3proxy.cfg.3 b/man/3proxy.cfg.3
index 3f38088..cdeef48 100644
--- a/man/3proxy.cfg.3
+++ b/man/3proxy.cfg.3
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ the connection limit has been reached.
 .B backlog
 .br
  sets the listening socket backlog of new connections. Default is
-1+(maxconn>>3). Maximum value is capped by kernel tunable somaxconn.
+1 + maxconn/8. Maximum value is capped by kernel tunable somaxconn.
 
 .br
 .B service
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 462133d..e8106e2 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct extparam conf = {
 	NULL,
 	0,
 	0, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 
-	0, 500, 13, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2,
+	0, 500, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2,
 	0, 0, 0,
 	6, 600,
 	1048576,
diff --git a/src/proxymain.c b/src/proxymain.c
index 08ed586..40f7141 100644
--- a/src/proxymain.c
+++ b/src/proxymain.c
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ int MODULEMAINFUNC (int argc, char** argv){
 		}
 	}
  	if(!isudp){
-		if(so._listen (sock, srv.backlog)==-1) {
+		if(so._listen (sock, srv.backlog?srv.backlog : 1+(srv.maxchild>>3))==-1) {
 			sprintf((char *)buf, "listen(): %s", strerror(errno));
 			if(!srv.silent)dolog(&defparam, buf);
 			return -4;