diff --git a/mailbox-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/tor/TorPlugin.java b/mailbox-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/tor/TorPlugin.java
index 6dd2e7408338d9340332f7e630382a3f5c6d19ae..c645a8f8b164f5dcf479ddc7830ea30a324b5d6d 100644
--- a/mailbox-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/tor/TorPlugin.java
+++ b/mailbox-core/src/main/java/org/briarproject/mailbox/core/tor/TorPlugin.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public abstract class TorPlugin
 	 * In reality, the actual reachability is more complicated,
 	 * but this might be a reasonable heuristic.
 	 */
-	private static final int HS_DESC_UPLOADS = 1;
+	private static final int HS_DESC_UPLOADS = 0;
 	private final Pattern bootstrapPattern =
 			Pattern.compile("^Bootstrapped ([0-9]{1,3})%.*$");