1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/dbutil.c b/src/dbutil.c
index 09c092d..b13f244 100644
--- a/src/dbutil.c
+++ b/src/dbutil.c
@@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ uint32_t get_version_timestamp(struct syrep_db_context *c, uint32_t v) {
     key.size = sizeof(version);
 
     if ((ret = c->db_version_timestamp->get(c->db_version_timestamp, NULL, &key, &data, 0))) {
+
+        /* If the specific history entry was lost: return the epoch */
+        if (ret == DB_NOTFOUND)
+            return 0;
+        
         c->db_version_timestamp->err(c->db_version_timestamp, ret, "version_timestamp::get");
         return (uint32_t) -1;
     }