diff --git a/src/core.h b/src/core.h
index e61cad90e..5eb953610 100644
--- a/src/core.h
+++ b/src/core.h
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ public:
         // to spend something, then we consider it dust.
         // A typical txout is 34 bytes big, and will
         // need a CTxIn of at least 148 bytes to spend,
-        // so dust is a txout less than 54 uBTC
-        // (5460 satoshis) with default nMinRelayTxFee
+        // so dust is a txout less than 546 satoshis 
+        // with default nMinRelayTxFee.
         return ((nValue*1000)/(3*((int)GetSerializeSize(SER_DISK,0)+148)) < nMinRelayTxFee);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 4c98345d6..53b99101d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ unsigned int nCoinCacheSize = 5000;
 /** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for transaction creation) */
 int64_t CTransaction::nMinTxFee = 10000;  // Override with -mintxfee
 /** Fees smaller than this (in satoshi) are considered zero fee (for relaying) */
-int64_t CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee = 10000;
+int64_t CTransaction::nMinRelayTxFee = 1000;
 
 static CMedianFilter<int> cPeerBlockCounts(8, 0); // Amount of blocks that other nodes claim to have
 
diff --git a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
index ad33184bc..5212dfc70 100644
--- a/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/transaction_tests.cpp
@@ -271,10 +271,10 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_IsStandard)
     string reason;
     BOOST_CHECK(IsStandardTx(t, reason));
 
-    t.vout[0].nValue = 5011; // dust
+    t.vout[0].nValue = 501; // dust
     BOOST_CHECK(!IsStandardTx(t, reason));
 
-    t.vout[0].nValue = 6011; // not dust
+    t.vout[0].nValue = 601; // not dust
     BOOST_CHECK(IsStandardTx(t, reason));
 
     t.vout[0].scriptPubKey = CScript() << OP_1;