diff --git a/frontend/src/components/config-details.ts b/frontend/src/components/config-details.ts
index 153b6c58..466b4917 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/config-details.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/config-details.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ export class ConfigDetails extends LiteElement {
             `,
             () => this.renderSetting(msg("Exclusions"), msg("None"))
           )}
+          ${this.renderSetting(
+            msg("Page Time Limit"),
+            crawlConfig?.config.behaviorTimeout
+              ? msg(str`${crawlConfig?.config.behaviorTimeout / 60} minute(s)`)
+              : msg("None")
+          )}
           ${this.renderSetting(
             msg("Crawl Time Limit"),
             crawlConfig?.crawlTimeout
@@ -111,9 +117,9 @@ export class ConfigDetails extends LiteElement {
               crawlConfig?.profileid,
               () => html`<a
                 class="text-blue-500 hover:text-blue-600"
-                href=${`/orgs/${
-                  crawlConfig!.oid
-                }/browser-profiles/profile/${crawlConfig!.profileid}`}
+                href=${`/orgs/${crawlConfig!.oid}/browser-profiles/profile/${
+                  crawlConfig!.profileid
+                }`}
                 @click=${this.navLink}
               >
                 ${crawlConfig?.profileName}
@@ -129,12 +135,6 @@ export class ConfigDetails extends LiteElement {
             msg("Language"),
             ISO6391.getName(crawlConfig?.config.lang!)
           )}
-          ${this.renderSetting(
-            msg("Page Time Limit"),
-            crawlConfig?.config.behaviorTimeout
-              ? msg(str`${crawlConfig?.config.behaviorTimeout / 60} minute(s)`)
-              : msg("None")
-          )}
         </btrix-desc-list>
       </section>
       <section id="crawl-scheduling" class="mb-8">
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/org/crawl-config-editor.ts b/frontend/src/pages/org/crawl-config-editor.ts
index 5e019c7a..08ebdaa4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/org/crawl-config-editor.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/org/crawl-config-editor.ts
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ function validURL(url: string) {
 const trimExclusions = flow(uniq, compact);
 const urlListToArray = (str: string) =>
   str.trim().replace(/,/g, " ").split(/\s+/g);
+const DEFAULT_BEHAVIOR_TIMEOUT_MINUTES = 5;
 
 @localized()
 export class CrawlConfigEditor extends LiteElement {
@@ -200,6 +201,9 @@ export class CrawlConfigEditor extends LiteElement {
   @state()
   private progressState!: ProgressState;
 
+  @state()
+  private defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes?: number;
+
   @state()
   private formState!: FormState;
 
@@ -274,6 +278,9 @@ export class CrawlConfigEditor extends LiteElement {
   }
 
   willUpdate(changedProperties: Map<string, any>) {
+    if (changedProperties.has("authState") && this.authState) {
+      this.fetchAPIDefaults();
+    }
     if (
       changedProperties.get("initialCrawlConfig") &&
       this.initialCrawlConfig
@@ -393,9 +400,13 @@ export class CrawlConfigEditor extends LiteElement {
     if (this.initialCrawlConfig.tags?.length) {
       formState.tags = this.initialCrawlConfig.tags;
     }
-    if (this.initialCrawlConfig.crawlTimeout) {
+    if (typeof this.initialCrawlConfig.crawlTimeout === "number") {
       formState.crawlTimeoutMinutes = this.initialCrawlConfig.crawlTimeout / 60;
     }
+    if (typeof this.initialCrawlConfig.config.behaviorTimeout === "number") {
+      formState.pageTimeoutMinutes =
+        this.initialCrawlConfig.config.behaviorTimeout / 60;
+    }
 
     return {
       jobName: this.initialCrawlConfig.name,
@@ -1016,6 +1027,26 @@ https://example.net`}
   private renderCrawlScale() {
     return html`
       ${this.renderSectionHeading(msg("Crawl Limits"))}
+      ${this.renderFormCol(html`
+        <sl-input
+          name="pageTimeoutMinutes"
+          type="number"
+          label=${msg("Page Time Limit")}
+          placeholder=${msg("Unlimited")}
+          value=${ifDefined(
+            this.formState.pageTimeoutMinutes ??
+              this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes
+          )}
+          ?disabled=${this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes === undefined}
+          required
+        >
+          <span slot="suffix">${msg("minutes")}</span>
+        </sl-input>
+      `)}
+      ${this.renderHelpTextCol(
+        html`Adds a hard time limit for how long the crawler can spend on a
+        single webpage.`
+      )}
       ${this.renderFormCol(html`
         <sl-input
           name="crawlTimeoutMinutes"
@@ -1105,22 +1136,6 @@ https://example.net`}
         html`Websites that observe the browser’s language setting may serve
         content in that language if available.`
       )}
-      ${this.renderSectionHeading(msg("On-Page Behavior"))}
-      ${this.renderFormCol(html`
-        <sl-input
-          name="pageTimeoutMinutes"
-          type="number"
-          label=${msg("Page Time Limit")}
-          placeholder=${msg("Unlimited")}
-          value=${ifDefined(this.formState.pageTimeoutMinutes ?? undefined)}
-        >
-          <span slot="suffix">${msg("minutes")}</span>
-        </sl-input>
-      `)}
-      ${this.renderHelpTextCol(
-        html`Adds a hard time limit for how long the crawler can spend on a
-        single webpage.`
-      )}
     `;
   }
 
@@ -1638,9 +1653,7 @@ https://example.net`}
       if (crawlId) {
         this.navTo(`/orgs/${this.orgId}/crawls/crawl/${crawlId}`);
       } else {
-        this.navTo(
-          `/orgs/${this.orgId}/crawl-templates/config/${data.added}`
-        );
+        this.navTo(`/orgs/${this.orgId}/crawl-templates/config/${data.added}`);
       }
     } catch (e: any) {
       if (e?.isApiError) {
@@ -1707,9 +1720,10 @@ https://example.net`}
         ...(this.jobType === "seed-crawl"
           ? this.parseSeededConfig()
           : this.parseUrlListConfig()),
-        behaviorTimeout: this.formState.pageTimeoutMinutes
-          ? this.formState.pageTimeoutMinutes * 60
-          : 0,
+        behaviorTimeout:
+          (this.formState.pageTimeoutMinutes ??
+            this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes ??
+            DEFAULT_BEHAVIOR_TIMEOUT_MINUTES) * 60,
         limit: this.formState.pageLimit ? +this.formState.pageLimit : null,
         extraHops: this.formState.includeLinkedPages ? 1 : 0,
         lang: this.formState.lang || null,
@@ -1806,6 +1820,21 @@ https://example.net`}
       this.formState = mergeDeep(this.formState, nextState);
     }
   }
+
+  private async fetchAPIDefaults() {
+    try {
+      const data = await this.apiFetch("/settings", this.authState!);
+      if (data.defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds) {
+        this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes =
+          data.defaultBehaviorTimeSeconds / 60;
+      } else {
+        this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes = DEFAULT_BEHAVIOR_TIMEOUT_MINUTES;
+      }
+    } catch (e: any) {
+      console.debug(e);
+      this.defaultBehaviorTimeoutMinutes = DEFAULT_BEHAVIOR_TIMEOUT_MINUTES;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 customElements.define("btrix-crawl-config-editor", CrawlConfigEditor);
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/org/types.ts b/frontend/src/pages/org/types.ts
index 9088cc29..188ac988 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/org/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/org/types.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export type InitialCrawlConfig = Pick<
   jobType?: JobType;
   config: Pick<
     CrawlConfigParams["config"],
-    "seeds" | "scopeType" | "exclude"
+    "seeds" | "scopeType" | "exclude" | "behaviorTimeout"
   > & {
     extraHops?: CrawlConfigParams["config"]["extraHops"];
   };