diff --git a/launcher/src/main.rs b/launcher/src/main.rs
index 8497f807..9d6cd4dd 100644
--- a/launcher/src/main.rs
+++ b/launcher/src/main.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct Args {
     /// for users. The larger this value, the longer prompt users can send which
     /// can impact the overall memory required to handle the load.
     /// Please note that some models have a finite range of sequence they can handle.
-    #[clap(default_value = "1000", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "1024", long, env)]
     max_input_length: usize,
 
     /// This is the most important value to set as it defines the "memory budget"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct Args {
     /// `1511` max_new_tokens.
     /// The larger this value, the larger amount each request will be in your RAM
     /// and the less effective batching can be.
-    #[clap(default_value = "1512", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "2048", long, env)]
     max_total_tokens: usize,
 
     /// This represents the ratio of waiting queries vs running queries where
diff --git a/router/src/main.rs b/router/src/main.rs
index 47d48e3f..f782be09 100644
--- a/router/src/main.rs
+++ b/router/src/main.rs
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ struct Args {
     max_best_of: usize,
     #[clap(default_value = "4", long, env)]
     max_stop_sequences: usize,
-    #[clap(default_value = "1000", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "1024", long, env)]
     max_input_length: usize,
-    #[clap(default_value = "1512", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "2048", long, env)]
     max_total_tokens: usize,
     #[clap(default_value = "1.2", long, env)]
     waiting_served_ratio: f32,
     #[clap(default_value = "4096", long, env)]
     max_batch_prefill_tokens: u32,
-    #[clap(default_value = "32000", long, env)]
+    #[clap(default_value = "16000", long, env)]
     max_batch_total_tokens: u32,
     #[clap(default_value = "20", long, env)]
     max_waiting_tokens: usize,
@@ -97,8 +97,18 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         ngrok_password,
     } = args;
 
+    // Validate args
+    if max_input_length as u32 > max_batch_prefill_tokens {
+        panic!("{}", format!("`max_batch_prefill_tokens` must be >= `max_input_length`. Given: {max_batch_prefill_tokens} and {max_input_length}"));
+    }
+    if max_batch_prefill_tokens > max_batch_total_tokens {
+        panic!("{}", format!("`max_batch_prefill_tokens` must be <= `max_batch_total_tokens`. Given: {max_batch_prefill_tokens} and {max_batch_total_tokens}"));
+    }
+    if max_total_tokens as u32 > max_batch_total_tokens {
+        panic!("{}", format!("`max_total_tokens` must be <= `max_batch_total_tokens`. Given: {max_total_tokens} and {max_batch_total_tokens}"));
+    }
     if validation_workers == 0 {
-        panic!("validation_workers must be > 0");
+        panic!("`validation_workers` must be > 0");
     }
 
     // CORS allowed origins