diff --git a/warden3/warden_server/warden_server.py b/warden3/warden_server/warden_server.py
index d059b5a179daa3a3a4774b7d86d4a219322eb6f6..af4e6179901caa5a72347af1aacb4ee428f3dead 100755
--- a/warden3/warden_server/warden_server.py
+++ b/warden3/warden_server/warden_server.py
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ class MySQL(ObjectBase):
         for attempt in self.repeat():
             with attempt as db:
                 row = db.query("SELECT MAX(id) as id FROM events").fetchall()[0]
-                return row['id'] or 0
+                return row['id'] or 1
 
 
     def getLastReceivedId(self, client):