diff --git a/llarp/messages/relay_commit.hpp b/llarp/messages/relay_commit.hpp
index db90ab777..561d9f449 100644
--- a/llarp/messages/relay_commit.hpp
+++ b/llarp/messages/relay_commit.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace llarp
     std::unique_ptr< RouterContact > nextRC;
     std::unique_ptr< PoW > work;
     uint64_t version  = 0;
-    uint64_t lifetime = path::default_lifetime;
+    uint64_t lifetime = 0;
 
     bool
     BDecode(llarp_buffer_t *buf);