diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index 46430ae..77de6a0 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ section "Speaker Volume"
 # the volume button service.
 if amixer -c seeed2micvoicec controls 2>/dev/null | grep -qi "speaker"; then
     info "Setting WM8960 hardware speaker to 94% (fixed master level)..."
-    amixer -c seeed2micvoicec sset 'Speaker' 94% -q
+    amixer -c seeed2micvoicec cset numid=13 127,127 -q
     success "Hardware speaker level set."
 else
     warn "Could not find Speaker control on seeed2micvoicec — skipping (card not loaded yet)."
@@ -570,12 +570,12 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Seed default per-stream software volumes if state files don't exist yet.
-# TTS at 90%, media at 75% — voice slightly louder than music by default.
+# TTS at 100%, media at 90% — voice slightly louder than music by default.
 # Mic gain at 63% — maps to ALSA value 40 (0 dB on the WM8960 Capture PGA).
-[ -f "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-tts-volume"   ] || echo "90" > "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-tts-volume"
-[ -f "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-media-volume" ] || echo "75" > "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-media-volume"
+[ -f "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-tts-volume"   ] || echo "100" > "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-tts-volume"
+[ -f "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-media-volume" ] || echo "90" > "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-media-volume"
 [ -f "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-mic-gain"     ] || echo "63" > "$CURRENT_HOME/.smart-display-mic-gain"
-success "Default stream volumes seeded (TTS: 90%, Media: 75%, Mic: 63%)."
+success "Default stream volumes seeded (TTS: 100%, Media: 90%, Mic: 63%)."
 
 # Persist all ALSA mixer settings so they survive reboot.
 # alsactl store writes to /var/lib/alsa/asound.state.
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ done
 # This must be re-applied every boot because alsactl restore can be beaten by the
 # driver resetting codec registers after enumeration.  Keeping it here rather than
 # in asound.state makes the intent explicit and self-documenting.
-amixer -c seeed2micvoicec cset numid=13 122,122 -q 2>/dev/null || true
+amixer -c seeed2micvoicec cset numid=13 127,127 -q 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Re-apply ALC settings explicitly. Enumerated controls (type=ENUMERATED) are
 # not reliably restored by alsactl on all kernel/driver versions.
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ pkill wfbar || true
 # This runs here in addition to smart-display-audio-init.service because the
 # audio-init service fires early in boot before the codec registers have fully
 # settled; by the time the desktop session starts the driver is stable.
-amixer -c seeed2micvoicec cset numid=13 122,122 -q 2>/dev/null || true
+amixer -c seeed2micvoicec cset numid=13 127,127 -q 2>/dev/null || true
 
 # Hide the mouse cursor
 unclutter --timeout 1 &
diff --git a/mqtt-bridge.py b/mqtt-bridge.py
index 146663e..c97adb4 100755
--- a/mqtt-bridge.py
+++ b/mqtt-bridge.py
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ def on_connect(client, userdata, connect_flags, reason_code, properties):
         client.publish(topic, json.dumps(payload), retain=True)
 
     # Publish current state so HA sliders reflect actual values immediately
-    client.publish(state_topic("tts_volume"),   str(_read_state(TTS_VOL_FILE,   90)), retain=True)
-    client.publish(state_topic("media_volume"), str(_read_state(MEDIA_VOL_FILE, 75)), retain=True)
+    client.publish(state_topic("tts_volume"),   str(_read_state(TTS_VOL_FILE, 100)), retain=True)
+    client.publish(state_topic("media_volume"), str(_read_state(MEDIA_VOL_FILE, 90)), retain=True)
     client.publish(state_topic("brightness"),   str(_read_brightness_pct()),           retain=True)
     client.publish(state_topic("mic_gain"),     str(_read_mic_gain_pct()),             retain=True)