--- config.def.h
+++ config.def.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
 static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
-static int borderpx = 2;
+static int borderpx = 0;
 
 /*
  * What program is execed by st depends of these precedence rules:
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * 4: value of shell in /etc/passwd
  * 5: value of shell in config.h
  */
-static char *shell = "/bin/sh";
+static char *shell = "/bin/bash";
 char *utmp = NULL;
 /* scroll program: to enable use a string like "scroll" */
 char *scroll = NULL;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  *
  * More advanced example: L" `'\"()[]{}"
  */
-wchar_t *worddelimiters = L" ";
+wchar_t *worddelimiters = L" `'\"()[]{}";
 
 /* selection timeouts (in milliseconds) */
 static unsigned int doubleclicktimeout = 300;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 /* allow certain non-interactive (insecure) window operations such as:
    setting the clipboard text */
-int allowwindowops = 0;
+int allowwindowops = 1;
 
 /*
  * draw latency range in ms - from new content/keypress/etc until drawing.