diff --git a/aconversions/src/shared/glushkov/GlushkovTraversal.cpp b/aconversions/src/shared/glushkov/GlushkovTraversal.cpp
index d2c63a92dec66a75d364d3df190bffb066bc5878..748d147f29bb3014fac6c41d6fdad1afa64dc1b1 100644
--- a/aconversions/src/shared/glushkov/GlushkovTraversal.cpp
+++ b/aconversions/src/shared/glushkov/GlushkovTraversal.cpp
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ bool GlushkovTraversal::pos( RegExpEpsilon const * const & node, RegExpSymbol co
 set<GlushkovSymbol> GlushkovTraversal::getSymbols( RegExp const& re )
 {
     set<GlushkovSymbol> alphabet;
-    int i = 0;
+    int i = 1;
 
     getSymbols( re.getRegExp( ), alphabet, i );