diff --git a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_queue_memory b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_queue_memory
index 83229040..9315fec5 100755
--- a/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_queue_memory
+++ b/plugins/rabbitmq/rabbitmq_queue_memory
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ QUEUES=$(HOME=$HOME rabbitmqctl list_queues -p $VHOST name | \
 		grep -v 'done\.$' | sed -e 's/[.=-]/_/g' )
  
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
-        QUEUE_WARN=${queue_warn:-10000}
-        QUEUE_CRIT=${queue_crit:-20000}
+        QUEUE_WARN=${queue_warn:-$[100 * 1024 * 1024]}
+        QUEUE_CRIT=${queue_crit:-$[200 * 1024 * 1024]}
 
 	# The host name this plugin is for. (Can be overridden to have
 	# one machine answer for several)