1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/zonemaster/gnunet-service-zonemaster.c b/src/zonemaster/gnunet-service-zonemaster.c
index 5f3ba84bb..08a09de34 100644
--- a/src/zonemaster/gnunet-service-zonemaster.c
+++ b/src/zonemaster/gnunet-service-zonemaster.c
@@ -731,7 +731,8 @@ run (void *cls,
                 "Number of allowed parallel background queries: %llu\n",
                 max_parallel_bg_queries);
   }
-
+  if (0 == max_parallel_bg_queries)
+    max_parallel_bg_queries = 1;          
   dht_handle = GNUNET_DHT_connect (c,
                                    (unsigned int) max_parallel_bg_queries);
   if (NULL == dht_handle)