diff --git a/src/common/constants.ts b/src/common/constants.ts
index 16946496..4b2c769f 100644
--- a/src/common/constants.ts
+++ b/src/common/constants.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ const AccountFlagIndices = {
 
 const AccountFields = {
   EmailHash: {name: 'emailHash', encoding: 'hex',
-    length: 32, defaults: '0'},
+    length: 32, defaults: '00000000000000000000000000000000'},
   MessageKey: {name: 'messageKey'},
   Domain: {name: 'domain', encoding: 'hex'},
   TransferRate: {name: 'transferRate', defaults: 0, shift: 9}