diff --git a/modules/base/rendering/renderabletrailorbit.cpp b/modules/base/rendering/renderabletrailorbit.cpp
index a80152e3eb..fffd3effd8 100644
--- a/modules/base/rendering/renderabletrailorbit.cpp
+++ b/modules/base/rendering/renderabletrailorbit.cpp
@@ -158,10 +158,12 @@ RenderableTrailOrbit::RenderableTrailOrbit(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
     using namespace std::chrono;
     _period = p.period * duration_cast<seconds>(hours(24)).count();
     _period.onChange([&] { _needsFullSweep = true; _indexBufferDirty = true; });
+    _period.setExponent(5.f);
     addProperty(_period);
 
     _resolution = p.resolution;
     _resolution.onChange([&] { _needsFullSweep = true; _indexBufferDirty = true; });
+    _resolution.setExponent(3.5f);
     addProperty(_resolution);
 
     // We store the vertices with (excluding the wrapping) decending temporal order
diff --git a/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp b/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
index 2e54fce454..7c91528ecd 100644
--- a/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
+++ b/src/interaction/orbitalnavigator.cpp
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ OrbitalNavigator::OrbitalNavigator()
 
     addProperty(_useAdaptiveStereoscopicDepth);
     addProperty(_staticViewScaleExponent);
-    _stereoscopicDepthOfFocusSurface.setExponent(10.f);
+    _stereoscopicDepthOfFocusSurface.setExponent(3.f);
     addProperty(_stereoscopicDepthOfFocusSurface);
 
     addProperty(_retargetInterpolationTime);