diff --git a/scripts/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py b/scripts/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
index b22053ecc..fbb2dee17 100755
--- a/scripts/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
+++ b/scripts/migrate_logs_to_dot9_db.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def visit(arg, dirname, filenames):
 		cur.execute('INSERT INTO jids (jid) VALUES (?)', (jid,))
 		con.commit()
 		
-		cur.execute('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM jids')
+		cur.execute('SELECT MAX(jid) FROM jids')
 		JID_ID = cur.fetchone()[0]
 		
 		f = open(path_to_text_file, 'r')