diff --git a/gnupg.py b/gnupg.py
index dca24df..ded811e 100644
--- a/gnupg.py
+++ b/gnupg.py
@@ -1363,8 +1363,8 @@ class GPG(object):
             key = key.replace('_','-').title()
             if str(val).strip():    # skip empty strings
                 parms[key] = val
-        parms.setdefault('Key-Type','RSA')
-        parms.setdefault('Key-Length',1024)
+        parms.setdefault('Key-Type', 'RSA')
+        parms.setdefault('Key-Length', 2048)
         parms.setdefault('Name-Real', "Autogenerated Key")
         parms.setdefault('Name-Comment', "Generated by gnupg.py")
         try: