diff --git a/routes/routes.go b/routes/routes.go
index 65f88f2..e0b017b 100644
--- a/routes/routes.go
+++ b/routes/routes.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func Encode(c *gin.Context) {
 		hasher := sha512.New()
 		hasher.Write([]byte(URL.Long.String))
 		base := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(hasher.Sum(nil))
-		i := 1
+		i := 2
 		for {
 			database.Db.Model(&database.URL{}).Where("short = ?", base[0:i]).Count(&count)
 			if count > 0 && i < len(base) {