diff --git a/_scripts/generate-gallery.php b/_scripts/generate-gallery.php
index 00d9f62..324f969 100644
--- a/_scripts/generate-gallery.php
+++ b/_scripts/generate-gallery.php
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ $oConsole
             foreach (glob($sDir . '/*.[jJ][pP][gG]') as $i => $sFile) {
                 // Generate id from file contents
                 $sId = substr(sha1_file($sFile), 0, 7);
+                $sId[0] = $sId[0] == '0' ? '1' : $sId[0];
                 $oOutput->write('<info>' . $sId . '</info>');
 
                 // Parse selected EXIF data
diff --git a/_scripts/photo-ids.php b/_scripts/photo-ids.php
index 51dcfb3..7f35236 100644
--- a/_scripts/photo-ids.php
+++ b/_scripts/photo-ids.php
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ if (!isset($argv[1]) || !is_dir($argv[1])) {
 }
 $sPath = realpath($argv[1]);
 foreach (glob($sPath . '/*.jpg') as $sFile) {
-    $sId = substr(sha1_file($sFile), 0, 7);
+    $sId = substr(sha1_file($sFile), 0, 7);    
+    $sId[0] = $sId[0] == '0' ? '1' : $sId[0];
     $sBasename = basename($sFile, '.jpg');
     printf("%s => %s\n", $sBasename, $sId);
     $sNewFile = str_replace($sBasename, $sId, $sFile);