diff --git a/src/gen-indic-table.py b/src/gen-indic-table.py
index eea345f..2c87ccf 100755
--- a/src/gen-indic-table.py
+++ b/src/gen-indic-table.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 uu = data.keys ()
 uu.sort ()
 
-last = -1
+last = -100000
 num = 0
 offset = 0
 starts = []