diff --git a/lib/services/address/encoding.js b/lib/services/address/encoding.js
index d7bf690e..e27f26d4 100644
--- a/lib/services/address/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/services/address/encoding.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ function Encoding(servicePrefix) {
   this.servicePrefix = servicePrefix;
   this.addressIndex = new Buffer('00', 'hex');
   this.utxoIndex = new Buffer('01', 'hex');
-  this.addressCache = new Buffer('ff', 'hex');
+  this.addressCache = new Buffer('fe', 'hex');
 }
 
 Encoding.prototype.encodeAddressIndexKey = function(address, height, txid, index, input, timestamp) {