diff --git a/kgpg/kgpg.kcfg b/kgpg/kgpg.kcfg
index c38b3ae7..7604ba16 100644
--- a/kgpg/kgpg.kcfg
+++ b/kgpg/kgpg.kcfg
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	<group name="Servers">
 		<entry name="KeyServers" type="StringList" key="Server_List">
 			<label>Key servers used by KGpg. The first server in the list is the default server.</label>
-			<default>hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net,hkp://pgp.dtype.org,hkp://search.keyserver.net,hkp://subkeys.pgp.net,hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net,hkp://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net</default>
+			<default>hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net,hkp://subkeys.pgp.net,hkp://search.keyserver.net,hkp://pgp.dtype.org,hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net</default>
 		</entry>
 		<entry name="InfoServers" type="StringList" key="Info_Server_List">
 			<label>List of URLs that show details and analysis of the given key. The first server in the list is the default server.</label>
diff --git a/kgpg/kgpgoptions.cpp b/kgpg/kgpgoptions.cpp
index 9bdcf591..ea12e4b7 100644
--- a/kgpg/kgpgoptions.cpp
+++ b/kgpg/kgpgoptions.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2002 Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <bj@altern.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014
+ * Copyright (C) 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015
  *               Rolf Eike Beer <kde@opensource.sf-tec.de>
  */
 /***************************************************************************
@@ -62,11 +62,12 @@ kgpgOptions::kgpgOptions(QWidget *parent, KGpgItemModel *model)
 	m_combomodel->sort(0);
 
 	// Initialize the default server and the default server list.
-	defaultKeyServer = QLatin1String("hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net");
+	defaultKeyServer = QLatin1String("hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net");
 	defaultServerList << defaultKeyServer
+			<< QLatin1String("hkp://subkeys.pgp.net")
 			<< QLatin1String("hkp://search.keyserver.net")
 			<< QLatin1String("hkp://pgp.dtype.org")
-			<< QLatin1String("hkp://subkeys.pgp.net");
+			<< QLatin1String("hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net");
 
 	// Read the default keyserver from the GnuPG settings.
 	keyServer = KgpgInterface::getGpgSetting(QLatin1String( "keyserver" ), KGpgSettings::gpgConfigPath());