diff --git a/htroot/IndexCleaner_p.java b/htroot/IndexCleaner_p.java
index 6195bd13e..8c8a82b19 100755
--- a/htroot/IndexCleaner_p.java
+++ b/htroot/IndexCleaner_p.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class IndexCleaner_p {
             }
             else if (post.get("action").equals("rstart")) {
                 if (indexCleanerThread==null || !indexCleanerThread.isAlive()) {
-                    indexCleanerThread = sb.wordIndex.makeCleaner(sb.wordIndex.loadedURL, post.get("wordHash","--------"));
+                    indexCleanerThread = sb.wordIndex.makeCleaner(sb.wordIndex.loadedURL, post.get("wordHash","AAAAAAAAAAAA"));
                     indexCleanerThread.start();
                 }
                 else {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTFlush.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTFlush.java
index 5eacb025f..48ed25801 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTFlush.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaDHTFlush.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public class plasmaDHTFlush extends Thread {
         private long transferedBytes = 0;
         private int transferedContainerCount = 0;
         private String status = "Running";
-        private String oldStartingPointHash = "------------", startPointHash = "------------";
+        private String oldStartingPointHash = "AAAAAAAAAAAA", startPointHash = "AAAAAAAAAAAA";
         private int initialWordsDBSize = 0;
         private int chunkSize = 500;   
         private final long startingTime = System.currentTimeMillis();