diff --git a/casr/src/bin/casr-cluster.rs b/casr/src/bin/casr-cluster.rs
index 672846d1..b93c9c8f 100644
--- a/casr/src/bin/casr-cluster.rs
+++ b/casr/src/bin/casr-cluster.rs
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .value_name("STRATEGY")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .value_parser(["Diam", "Dist"])
-                .default_value("Dist")
+                .default_value("Diam")
                 .help("Strategy for inner cluster choosing when updating"),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .value_name("STRATEGY")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .value_parser(["Delta", "Diam", "Dist"])
-                .default_value("Dist")
+                .default_value("Diam")
                 .help("Strategy for outer cluster choosing when updating"),
         )
         .arg(
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 .value_name("LEVEL")
                 .action(ArgAction::Set)
                 .value_parser(["Loyal", "Soft", "Hard"])
-                .default_value("Loyal")
+                .default_value("Soft")
                 .help("Cluster tolerance level to new CASR reports")
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/casr/tests/tests.rs b/casr/tests/tests.rs
index f222fe8f..24946363 100644
--- a/casr/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/casr/tests/tests.rs
@@ -2750,21 +2750,6 @@ fn test_casr_cluster_u() {
 
     assert_eq!(clusters_cnt, 1, "Clusters count mismatch.");
 
-    let re = Regex::new(
-        r"Number of reports before crashline deduplication in new clusters: (?P<before>\d+)",
-    )
-    .unwrap();
-    let before_cnt = re
-        .captures(&res)
-        .unwrap()
-        .name("before")
-        .map(|x| x.as_str())
-        .unwrap()
-        .parse::<u32>()
-        .unwrap();
-
-    assert_eq!(before_cnt, 2, "Before count mismatch.");
-
     let re = Regex::new(
         r"Number of reports after crashline deduplication in new clusters: (?P<after>\d+)",
     )