diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Transport/Tcp/Server.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Transport/Tcp/Server.cs
index 7b3ad770408..5b12a90bbd4 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Transport/Tcp/Server.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Runtime/Transport/Tcp/Server.cs
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ public class Server : Common
         public bool NoDelay = true;
 
         // connectionId counter
-        // (right now we only use it from one listener thread, but we might have
-        //  multiple threads later in case of WebSockets etc.)
-        //  HLAPI uses 0 for local connection,  so our ids start with 1
-        int counter = 1;
+        // 0 so first time we increment it will return 1
+        int counter;
 
         // public next id function in case someone needs to reserve an id
         // (e.g. if hostMode should always have 0 connection and external