diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-discord/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-discord/templates/config.yaml.j2
index edb0c280b..a1c0cc486 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-discord/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-discord/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ presence:
   # Bridge Discord online/offline status
   enabled: true
   # How often to send status to the homeserver in milliseconds
-  interval: 500
+  interval: 5000
 
 provisioning:
   # Regex of Matrix IDs allowed to use the puppet bridge
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-groupme/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-groupme/templates/config.yaml.j2
index a9ab77012..357baec74 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-groupme/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-groupme/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-instagram/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-instagram/templates/config.yaml.j2
index 1c4bb1bd0..57c5b0f0e 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-instagram/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-instagram/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ presence:
   # Bridge Instagram online/offline status
   enabled: true
   # How often to send status to the homeserver in milliseconds
-  interval: 500
+  interval: 5000
 
 provisioning:
   # Regex of Matrix IDs allowed to use the puppet bridge
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-skype/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-skype/templates/config.yaml.j2
index 1d6d48280..647f8fc78 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-skype/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-skype/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Optionally, you can apply filters to the console logging
   #console:
   #  level: info
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ presence:
   # Bridge online/offline status
   enabled: true
   # How often to send status to the homeserver in milliseconds
-  interval: 500
+  interval: 5000
   # if the im.vector.user_status state setting should be diabled
   #disableStatusState: false
   # A blacklist of remote user IDs for the im.vector.user_status state setting
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-slack/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-slack/templates/config.yaml.j2
index c7497a84c..b84fe221b 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-slack/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-slack/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ presence:
   # Bridge Discord online/offline status
   enabled: true
   # How often to send status to the homeserver in milliseconds
-  interval: 500
+  interval: 5000
 
 provisioning:
   # Regex of Matrix IDs allowed to use the puppet bridge
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-steam/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-steam/templates/config.yaml.j2
index fd59471d4..0919907dc 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-steam/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-steam/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files
diff --git a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-twitter/templates/config.yaml.j2 b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-twitter/templates/config.yaml.j2
index 1d269057e..5418ccaf4 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-twitter/templates/config.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-bridge-mx-puppet-twitter/templates/config.yaml.j2
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ presence:
   # Bridge Twitter online/offline status
   enabled: true
   # How often to send status to the homeserver in milliseconds
-  interval: 500
+  interval: 5000
 
 provisioning:
   # Regex of Matrix IDs allowed to use the puppet bridge
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ logging:
   # Log level of console output
   # Allowed values starting with most verbose:
   # silly, debug, verbose, info, warn, error
-  console: info
+  console: warn
   # Date and time formatting
   lineDateFormat: MMM-D HH:mm:ss.SSS
   # Logging files