diff -Naur a/etc/PackageKit.conf b/etc/PackageKit.conf
--- a/etc/PackageKit.conf	2022-12-01 19:47:48.000000000 +0100
+++ b/etc/PackageKit.conf	2023-06-29 21:34:52.619660791 +0200
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 # The order they are specified is the order they are tried, so for the
 # value "foo,bar" first "foo" will be attempted and then "bar" if the
 # libpk_backend_foo.so module load failed.
-#DefaultBackend=auto
+DefaultBackend=cards
 
 # Unlock the backend after this many seconds idle.
 #BackendShutdownTimeout=5
 
 # Shut down the daemon after this many seconds idle. 0 means don't shutdown.
-#ShutdownTimeout=300
+ShutdownTimeout=5
 
 # Keep the packages after they have been downloaded
 #KeepCache=false
diff -Naur a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
--- a/meson_options.txt	2022-12-01 19:47:48.000000000 +0100
+++ b/meson_options.txt	2023-06-29 21:35:48.041966365 +0200
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
-option('packaging_backend', type : 'array', choices : ['alpm', 'apt', 'dnf', 'dummy', 'entropy', 'pisi', 'poldek', 'portage', 'slack', 'zypp', 'nix', 'freebsd'], value : ['dummy'], description : 'The name of the backend to use')
+option('packaging_backend', type : 'array', choices : ['alpm', 'apt', 'cards', 'dnf', 'dummy', 'entropy', 'poldek', 'portage', 'slack', 'zypp', 'nix'], value : ['cards'], description : 'The name of the backend to use')
 option('dnf_vendor', type : 'combo', choices : ['fedora', 'mageia', 'openmandriva', 'rosa', 'opensuse'], value : 'fedora', description : 'Vendor configuration when using the dnf backend')
-option('systemd', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Use systemd and logind')
+option('systemd', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Use systemd and logind')
 option('systemdsystemunitdir', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Directory for systemd service files')
 option('systemduserunitdir', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Directory for systemd user service files')
-option('offline_update', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Use systemd offline update')
+option('offline_update', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Use systemd offline update')
 option('elogind', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Use elogind instead of systemd-login')
 option('gobject_introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Build GObject Introspection data')
 option('man_pages', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Generate man pages')
 option('gtk_doc', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Generate API reference')
-option('bash_completion', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Bash completion')
-option('bash_command_not_found', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Build Bash command-not-found functionality')
+option('bash_completion', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Bash completion')
+option('bash_command_not_found', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Build Bash command-not-found functionality')
 option('packagekit_user', type : 'string', value : 'root', description : 'User for running the PackageKit daemon')
 option('local_checkout', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Allow running in local checkout')
-option('gstreamer_plugin', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Build gstreamer plugin functionality')
-option('gtk_module', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Build GTK+-3 module functionality')
-option('cron', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Build cron background functionality')
+option('gstreamer_plugin', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Build gstreamer plugin functionality')
+option('gtk_module', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Build GTK+-3 module functionality')
+option('cron', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Build cron background functionality')
 option('dbus_sys', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'D-BUS system.d directory')
 option('dbus_services', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'D-BUS system-services directory')
 option('python_backend', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Provide a python backend')
 option('pythonpackagedir', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Location for python modules')
-option('daemon_tests', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Test the daemon using the dummy backend')
+option('daemon_tests', type : 'boolean', value : false, description : 'Test the daemon using the dummy backend')