diff --git a/config/fail2ban.conf b/config/fail2ban.conf
index 97163fec..e01de77e 100644
--- a/config/fail2ban.conf
+++ b/config/fail2ban.conf
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ pidfile = /var/run/fail2ban/fail2ban.pid
 # Notes.: Set the file for the fail2ban persistent data to be stored.
 #         A value of :memory: means database is only stored in memory, and
 #         data is lost once fail2ban is stops.
-# Values: [ FILE ] :memory:  Default: /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.db
-dbfile = /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.db
+# Values: [ FILE ] :memory:  Default: /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3
+dbfile = /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3
 
 # Options: dbpurgeage
 # Notes.: Sets age at which bans should be purged from the database
diff --git a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
index 86fcbb27..d5d7285a 100644
--- a/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
+++ b/fail2ban/client/fail2banreader.py
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class Fail2banReader(ConfigReader):
 	def getOptions(self):
 		opts = [["int", "loglevel", 1],
 				["string", "logtarget", "STDERR"],
-				["string", "dbfile", "/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.db"],
-				["int", "dbpurgeage", "/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.db"]]
+				["string", "dbfile", "/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3"],
+				["int", "dbpurgeage", 86400]]
 		self.__opts = ConfigReader.getOptions(self, "Definition", opts)
 	
 	def convert(self):
diff --git a/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py b/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py
index de7429a7..d45efb46 100644
--- a/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py
+++ b/fail2ban/tests/clientreadertestcase.py
@@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ class JailsReaderTest(unittest.TestCase):
 		# and there is logging information left to be passed into the
 		# server
 		self.assertEqual(sorted(commands),
-						 [['set', 'dbfile', '/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.db'],
+						 [['set', 'dbfile',
+							'/var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3'],
 						  ['set', 'dbpurgeage', 86400],
 						  ['set', 'loglevel', 3],
 						  ['set', 'logtarget', '/var/log/fail2ban.log']])