diff --git a/ribbon-archaius/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/DefaultClientConfigImpl.java b/ribbon-archaius/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/DefaultClientConfigImpl.java
index e59b3d1aada5cc28a59a9371f72ae135292894ad..2f55f82d40f6b4ff44919761b4a2269466bed0be 100644
--- a/ribbon-archaius/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/DefaultClientConfigImpl.java
+++ b/ribbon-archaius/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/DefaultClientConfigImpl.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public class DefaultClientConfigImpl extends AbstractReloadableClientConfig {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultClientConfigImpl.class);
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final Boolean DEFAULT_PRIORITIZE_VIP_ADDRESS_BASED_SERVERS = Boolean.TRUE;
+    public static final Boolean DEFAULT_PRIORITIZE_VIP_ADDRESS_BASED_SERVERS = CommonClientConfigKey.PrioritizeVipAddressBasedServers.defaultValue();
 
     @Deprecated
     public static final String DEFAULT_NFLOADBALANCER_PING_CLASSNAME = CommonClientConfigKey.NFLoadBalancerPingClassName.defaultValue();
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ public class DefaultClientConfigImpl extends AbstractReloadableClientConfig {
     public static final String DEFAULT_SERVER_LIST_UPDATER_CLASS = CommonClientConfigKey.ServerListUpdaterClassName.defaultValue();
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMERTASK_REPEAT_IN_MSECS = 30000; // every half minute (30 secs)
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_IDLE_TIMERTASK_REPEAT_IN_MSECS = CommonClientConfigKey.ConnectionCleanerRepeatInterval.defaultValue(); // every half minute (30 secs)
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTIONIDLE_TIME_IN_MSECS = 30000; // all connections idle for 30 secs
+    public static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTIONIDLE_TIME_IN_MSECS = CommonClientConfigKey.ConnIdleEvictTimeMilliSeconds.defaultValue(); // all connections idle for 30 secs
 
     private VipAddressResolver resolver = null;
 
@@ -189,16 +189,16 @@ public class DefaultClientConfigImpl extends AbstractReloadableClientConfig {
      * calls
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static final int DEFAULT_POOL_MAX_THREADS = DEFAULT_MAX_TOTAL_HTTP_CONNECTIONS;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_POOL_MAX_THREADS = CommonClientConfigKey.MaxTotalHttpConnections.defaultValue();
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final int DEFAULT_POOL_MIN_THREADS = 1;
+    public static final int DEFAULT_POOL_MIN_THREADS = CommonClientConfigKey.PoolMinThreads.defaultValue();
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final long DEFAULT_POOL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME = 15 * 60L;
+    public static final long DEFAULT_POOL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME = CommonClientConfigKey.PoolKeepAliveTime.defaultValue();
 
     @Deprecated
-    public static final TimeUnit DEFAULT_POOL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME_UNITS = TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+    public static final TimeUnit DEFAULT_POOL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME_UNITS = TimeUnit.valueOf(CommonClientConfigKey.PoolKeepAliveTimeUnits.defaultValue());
 
     @Deprecated
     public static final Boolean DEFAULT_ENABLE_ZONE_AFFINITY = CommonClientConfigKey.EnableZoneAffinity.defaultValue();
diff --git a/ribbon-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/CommonClientConfigKey.java b/ribbon-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/CommonClientConfigKey.java
index e2dac591010fc8fd2384b5bbdde2b6f553dda2ee..8e2720068d4db0bf2ceed8ec944ea19b9a627316 100644
--- a/ribbon-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/CommonClientConfigKey.java
+++ b/ribbon-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/client/config/CommonClientConfigKey.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 
@@ -68,13 +69,13 @@ public abstract class CommonClientConfigKey<T> implements IClientConfigKey<T> {
     
     public static final IClientConfigKey<String> PrimeConnectionsURI = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("PrimeConnectionsURI", "/"){};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolMaxThreads = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolMaxThreads"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolMaxThreads = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolMaxThreads", 200){};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolMinThreads = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolMinThreads"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolMinThreads = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolMinThreads", 1){};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolKeepAliveTime = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolKeepAliveTime"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<Integer> PoolKeepAliveTime = new CommonClientConfigKey<Integer>("PoolKeepAliveTime", 15 * 60){};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<String> PoolKeepAliveTimeUnits = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("PoolKeepAliveTimeUnits"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<String> PoolKeepAliveTimeUnits = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("PoolKeepAliveTimeUnits", TimeUnit.SECONDS.toString()){};
 
     public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> EnableConnectionPool = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("EnableConnectionPool", true) {};
     
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ public abstract class CommonClientConfigKey<T> implements IClientConfigKey<T> {
     public static final IClientConfigKey<String> TrustStorePassword = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("TrustStorePassword"){};
     
     // if this is a secure rest client, must we use client auth too?    
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> IsClientAuthRequired = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("IsClientAuthRequired"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> IsClientAuthRequired = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("IsClientAuthRequired", false){};
     
     public static final IClientConfigKey<String> CustomSSLSocketFactoryClassName = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("CustomSSLSocketFactoryClassName"){};
      // must host name match name in certificate?
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ public abstract class CommonClientConfigKey<T> implements IClientConfigKey<T> {
     
     public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> EnableZoneExclusivity = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("EnableZoneExclusivity", false){};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> PrioritizeVipAddressBasedServers = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("PrioritizeVipAddressBasedServers"){};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> PrioritizeVipAddressBasedServers = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("PrioritizeVipAddressBasedServers", true){};
     
     public static final IClientConfigKey<String> VipAddressResolverClassName = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("VipAddressResolverClassName", "com.netflix.client.SimpleVipAddressResolver"){};
     
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ public abstract class CommonClientConfigKey<T> implements IClientConfigKey<T> {
     
     public static final IClientConfigKey<Boolean> UseIPAddrForServer = new CommonClientConfigKey<Boolean>("UseIPAddrForServer", false) {};
     
-    public static final IClientConfigKey<String> ListOfServers = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("listOfServers") {};
+    public static final IClientConfigKey<String> ListOfServers = new CommonClientConfigKey<String>("listOfServers", "") {};
 
     private static final Set<IClientConfigKey> keys = new HashSet<IClientConfigKey>();