diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d229d633..78934159e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 	* made the DHT socket bind to the same interface as the session
 	* fixed issue where an http proxy would not be used on redirects
 	* Solaris build fixes
+	* disabled buggy disconnect_peers feature
 
 release 0.14.9
 
diff --git a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
index 585f26347..43cc70c28 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/session_settings.hpp
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			, share_ratio_limit(2.f)
 			, seed_time_ratio_limit(7.f)
 			, seed_time_limit(24 * 60 * 60) // 24 hours
-			, peer_turnover(1 / 50.f)
-			, peer_turnover_cutoff(1.f)
+			, peer_turnover(1 / 100.f)
+			, peer_turnover_cutoff(1.1f) // disable until the crash is resolved
 			, close_redundant_connections(true)
 			, auto_scrape_interval(1800)
 			, auto_scrape_min_interval(300)