diff --git a/karaf/assembly/src/main/filtered-resources/etc/config.properties b/karaf/assembly/src/main/filtered-resources/etc/config.properties
index 09cf1ab..59c1ade 100644
--- a/karaf/assembly/src/main/filtered-resources/etc/config.properties
+++ b/karaf/assembly/src/main/filtered-resources/etc/config.properties
@@ -35,16 +35,11 @@
 org.osgi.framework.bootdelegation=sun.*,com.sun.management*
 
 # To enable the use of the startup.properties file to control the start level:
-felix.auto.start=startup.properties
+karaf.auto.start=startup.properties
 #felix.auto.start=all
 
 org.osgi.framework.startlevel.beginning=100
-felix.startlevel.bundle=60
-#framework.service.urlhandlers=false
-
-# Only works on Felix 1.4+
-felix.fragment.validation=warning
-# felix.log.level=1
+karaf.startlevel.bundle=60
 
 #
 # Bundle config properties.
diff --git a/karaf/main/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/main/Main.java b/karaf/main/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/main/Main.java
index 3c5e66e..07aa856 100644
--- a/karaf/main/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/main/Main.java
+++ b/karaf/main/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/karaf/main/Main.java
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@
     /**
      * The property name prefix for the launcher's auto-install property.
      */
-    public static final String PROPERTY_AUTO_INSTALL = "felix.auto.install";
+    public static final String PROPERTY_AUTO_INSTALL = "karaf.auto.install";
     /**
      * The property for auto-discovering the bundles
      */
-    public static final String PROPERTY_AUTO_START = "felix.auto.start";
+    public static final String PROPERTY_AUTO_START = "karaf.auto.start";
     /**
      * The system property for specifying the Karaf home directory.  The home directory
      * hold the binary install of Karaf.
@@ -349,6 +349,17 @@
         StartLevel sl = (StartLevel) context.getService(
                 context.getServiceReference(org.osgi.service.startlevel.StartLevel.class.getName()));
 
+        // Set the default bundle start level
+        int ibsl = 60;
+        try {
+            String str = configProps.getProperty("karaf.startlevel.bundle");
+            if (str != null) {
+                ibsl = Integer.parseInt(str);
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+        }
+        sl.setInitialBundleStartLevel(ibsl);
+
         // The auto-install property specifies a space-delimited list of
         // bundle URLs to be automatically installed into each new profile;
         // the start level to which the bundles are assigned is specified by