diff --git a/app/controllers/habits_controller.rb b/app/controllers/habits_controller.rb
index 62b3c08ccd8793a7f066058cb33096deccebabd2..ce82289f24edb26b88ebe39f6bc1cb31cd9f5791 100644
--- a/app/controllers/habits_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/habits_controller.rb
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class HabitsController < ApplicationController
     @habit = Habit.new(habit_params)
     @habit.user_id = current_user.id
     @habit.streak = 0
-    @habit.max_streak = 47
+    @habit.max_streak = 0
     respond_to do |format|
       if @habit.save
         format.html { redirect_to :root, notice: "Habit was successfully created." }