diff --git a/common/models/checkpoint.js b/common/models/checkpoint.js
index 2bba736a..e243b15d 100644
--- a/common/models/checkpoint.js
+++ b/common/models/checkpoint.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module.exports = function(Checkpoint) {
       if (checkpoint) {
         cb(null, checkpoint.seq);
       } else {
-        Checkpoint.create({seq: 0}, function(err, checkpoint) {
+        Checkpoint.create({ seq: 1 }, function(err, checkpoint) {
           if (err) return cb(err);
           cb(null, checkpoint.seq);
         });
diff --git a/test/checkpoint.test.js b/test/checkpoint.test.js
index 0b7aa3f2..223dd03c 100644
--- a/test/checkpoint.test.js
+++ b/test/checkpoint.test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ describe('Checkpoint', function() {
         function(next) {
           Checkpoint.current(function(err, seq) {
             if (err) next(err);
-            expect(seq).to.equal(2);
+            expect(seq).to.equal(3);
             next();
           });
         }