diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTChunk.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTChunk.java
index f27bbd64c..aa195d0d9 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTChunk.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTChunk.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class plasmaDHTChunk {
     private serverLog log;
     
     private int status = chunkStatus_UNDEFINED;
-    private String startPointHash;
+    private String startPointHash = "AAAAAAAAAAAA";
     private indexContainer[] indexContainers = null;
     private HashMap urlCache; // String (url-hash) / plasmaCrawlLURL.Entry
     private int idxCount;