diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.cpp b/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.cpp
index a23965b6f..042454a9d 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.cpp
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.cpp
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ UAVObject::Metadata GpsObject::getDefaultMetadata()
 {
     UAVObject::Metadata metadata;
     metadata.gcsTelemetryAcked = 1;
-    metadata.gcsTelemetryUpdateMode = UAVObject::UPDATEMODE_ONCHANGE;
+    metadata.gcsTelemetryUpdateMode = UAVObject::UPDATEMODE_NEVER;
     metadata.gcsTelemetryUpdatePeriod = 0;
     metadata.flightTelemetryAcked = 1;
     metadata.flightTelemetryUpdateMode = UAVObject::UPDATEMODE_PERIODIC;
     metadata.flightTelemetryUpdatePeriod = 1000;
-    metadata.loggingUpdateMode = UAVObject::UPDATEMODE_NEVER;
-    metadata.loggingUpdatePeriod = 0;
+    metadata.loggingUpdateMode = UAVObject::UPDATEMODE_PERIODIC;
+    metadata.loggingUpdatePeriod = 1000;
     return metadata;
 }
 
diff --git a/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.h b/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.h
index 2261ab0bc..7facb65c0 100644
--- a/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.h
+++ b/ground/src/plugins/uavobjects/gpsobject.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public:
     // Constants
     static const quint32 OBJID = 4042402288U;
     static const QString NAME;
-    static const bool ISSINGLEINST = 0;
+    static const bool ISSINGLEINST = 1;
     static const bool ISSETTINGS = 0;
     static const quint32 NUMBYTES = sizeof(DataFields);
 
diff --git a/ground/src/shared/uavobjectdefinition/gpsobject.xml b/ground/src/shared/uavobjectdefinition/gpsobject.xml
index 2345331c8..d10c5d5c2 100644
--- a/ground/src/shared/uavobjectdefinition/gpsobject.xml
+++ b/ground/src/shared/uavobjectdefinition/gpsobject.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <xml>
-	<object name="GpsObject" singleinstance="false" settings="false">
-		<field name="Latitude" units="degrees" type="float" elements="1"/>
-		<field name="Longitude" units="degrees" type="float" elements="1"/>
-        <field name="Altitude" units="meters" type="float" elements="1"/>
-        <field name="Satellites" units="" type="int8" elements="1"/>
-        <telemetrygcs acked="true" updatemode="onchange" period="0"/>
-        <telemetryflight acked="true" updatemode="periodic" period="1000"/>
-		<logging updatemode="never" period="0"/>
+        <object name="GpsObject" singleinstance="true" settings="false">
+            <field name="Latitude" units="degrees" type="float" elements="1"/>
+            <field name="Longitude" units="degrees" type="float" elements="1"/>
+            <field name="Altitude" units="meters" type="float" elements="1"/>
+            <field name="Satellites" units="" type="int8" elements="1"/>
+            <telemetrygcs acked="true" updatemode="never" period="0"/>
+            <telemetryflight acked="true" updatemode="periodic" period="1000"/>
+            <logging updatemode="periodic" period="1000"/>
 	</object>
 </xml>