diff --git a/code/common/service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/service/server/NodeStatusWatcher.java b/code/common/service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/service/server/NodeStatusWatcher.java
index 6bba6dfd..b193b240 100644
--- a/code/common/service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/service/server/NodeStatusWatcher.java
+++ b/code/common/service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/service/server/NodeStatusWatcher.java
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public class NodeStatusWatcher {
 
     private void setupNode() {
         try {
-            configurationService.create(nodeId, "Node " + nodeId, nodeId == 1, false);
+            configurationService.create(nodeId, "Node " + nodeId, true, false);
+
             fileStorageService.createStorageBase("Index Data", Path.of("/idx"), nodeId, FileStorageBaseType.CURRENT);
             fileStorageService.createStorageBase("Index Backups", Path.of("/backup"), nodeId, FileStorageBaseType.BACKUP);
             fileStorageService.createStorageBase("Crawl Data", Path.of("/storage"), nodeId, FileStorageBaseType.STORAGE);