diff --git a/templates/bird.conf b/templates/bird.conf
index bb32f7f..b547eba 100644
--- a/templates/bird.conf
+++ b/templates/bird.conf
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ protocol ospf v2 {
 		import all;
 		export all;
 	};
-	area 0 {
+	area 1 {
 {% for br in c.bridges %}
 		interface "net_{{br.num}}" {
 			cost 10;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ protocol ospf v3 {
 		import all;
 		export all;
 	};
-	area 0 {
+	area 1 {
 {% for br in c.bridges %}
 		interface "net_{{br.num}}" {
 			cost 10;