diff --git a/catalogue/oracle_catalogue_schema_header.sql b/catalogue/oracle_catalogue_schema_header.sql
index 0b0624d2540e3362180568ca2bb1df18b2f472a2..30f920df6cc28505b4ff32df2204d86f8bf8cd9d 100644
--- a/catalogue/oracle_catalogue_schema_header.sql
+++ b/catalogue/oracle_catalogue_schema_header.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CREATE SEQUENCE ARCHIVE_FILE_ID_SEQ
   INCREMENT BY 1
-  START WITH 1
+  START WITH 0
   NOMAXVALUE
-  MINVALUE 1
+  MINVALUE 0
   NOCYCLE
   CACHE 20
   NOORDER;
diff --git a/catalogue/sqlite_catalogue_schema_header.sql b/catalogue/sqlite_catalogue_schema_header.sql
index b708a5350d239e3aae511fbfbe98d16fe0d4b94c..4bced1513c80025535bdda54b03cde3605258601 100644
--- a/catalogue/sqlite_catalogue_schema_header.sql
+++ b/catalogue/sqlite_catalogue_schema_header.sql
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ CREATE TABLE ARCHIVE_FILE_ID(
   ID INTEGER,
   CONSTRAINT ARCHIVE_FILE_ID_PK PRIMARY KEY(ID)
 );
-INSERT INTO ARCHIVE_FILE_ID(ID) VALUES(1);
+INSERT INTO ARCHIVE_FILE_ID(ID) VALUES(0);