diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/waku.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/waku.yaml
index 4c1ab5b..c328902 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/waku.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/waku.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Docker image
       description: Whaat docker image is required to test the software?
-      placeholder: "soutullostatus/example-nwaku:v0.28.0"
+      default: "soutullostatus/example-nwaku:v0.28.0"
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: input
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Number of nodes
       description: How many nodes do you want to spawn?
-      placeholder: "1000"
+      default: "50"
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: input
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Bootstrap nodes
       description: How many bootstrap nodes do you want to spawn?
-      placeholder: "3"
+      default: "3"
     validations:
       required: true
   - type: input
@@ -90,25 +90,25 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: PubSub Topic
       description: Specify the PubSub topic to use for the simulation
-      placeholder: "/waku/2/rs/2/0"
+      default: "/waku/2/rs/2/0"
   - type: input
     id: publisher-message-size
     attributes:
       label: Publisher Message Size
       description: Specify the size of messages published (in KB)
-      placeholder: "1"
+      default: "1"
   - type: input
     id: publisher-delay-seconds
     attributes:
       label: Publisher Delay
       description: Specify the delay between messages (in seconds)
-      placeholder: "10"
+      default: "10"
   - type: input
     id: publisher-message-count
     attributes:
       label: Publisher Message Count
       description: Specify the total number of messages to publish
-      placeholder: "4000"
+      default: "1000"
   - type: dropdown
     id: artificial-latency
     attributes:
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Artificial Latency (ms)
       description: If enabled, specify the artificial latency in milliseconds
-      placeholder: "50"
+      default: "50"
   - type: dropdown
     id: custom-command
     attributes:
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ body:
     attributes:
       label: Custom Command Arguments
       description: If you need to use custom command arguments, specify them here (one per line).
-      placeholder: |
+      default: |
         --custom-flags=foo
         --more-custom-flags=bar