diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
index 22fb5036e21ea2028e6400e39709e102e2902760..c0f6030fa6498897e7f359c2e106b75a75c60166 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMain.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static int tsdbRestoreInfo(STsdbRepo *pRepo) {
   tsdbInitFileGroupIter(pFileH, &iter, TSDB_ORDER_ASC);
   while ((pFGroup = tsdbGetFileGroupNext(&iter)) != NULL) {
     if (tsdbSetAndOpenHelperFile(&rhelper, pFGroup) < 0) goto _err;
-    for (int i = 0; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
+    for (int i = 1; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
       STable *  pTable = pMeta->tables[i];
       SCompIdx *pIdx = &rhelper.pCompIdx[i];
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int32_t tsdbCloseRepo(TsdbRepoT *repo) {
   }
   pRepo->commit = 1;
   // Loop to move pData to iData
-  for (int i = 0; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
+  for (int i = 1; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
     STable *pTable = pRepo->tsdbMeta->tables[i];
     if (pTable != NULL && pTable->mem != NULL) {
       pTable->imem = pTable->mem;
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ int32_t tsdbTriggerCommit(TsdbRepoT *repo) {
   }
   pRepo->commit = 1;
   // Loop to move pData to iData
-  for (int i = 0; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
+  for (int i = 1; i < pRepo->config.maxTables; i++) {
     STable *pTable = pRepo->tsdbMeta->tables[i];
     if (pTable != NULL && pTable->mem != NULL) {
       pTable->imem = pTable->mem;
@@ -611,6 +611,10 @@ static int32_t tsdbCheckAndSetDefaultCfg(STsdbCfg *pCfg) {
     if (pCfg->maxTables < TSDB_MIN_TABLES || pCfg->maxTables > TSDB_MAX_TABLES) return -1;
   }
 
+  // Since tableId starts from 1, we increase maxTables by 1
+  // TODO: take a fancier way to do this
+  pCfg->maxTables++;
+
   // Check daysPerFile
   if (pCfg->daysPerFile == -1) {
     pCfg->daysPerFile = TSDB_DEFAULT_DAYS_PER_FILE;
@@ -833,7 +837,7 @@ static int tsdbReadRowsFromCache(SSkipListIterator *pIter, TSKEY maxKey, int max
 static void tsdbDestroyTableIters(SSkipListIterator **iters, int maxTables) {
   if (iters == NULL) return;
 
-  for (int tid = 0; tid < maxTables; tid++) {
+  for (int tid = 1; tid < maxTables; tid++) {
     if (iters[tid] == NULL) continue;
     tSkipListDestroyIter(iters[tid]);
   }
@@ -845,7 +849,7 @@ static SSkipListIterator **tsdbCreateTableIters(STsdbMeta *pMeta, int maxTables)
   SSkipListIterator **iters = (SSkipListIterator **)calloc(maxTables, sizeof(SSkipListIterator *));
   if (iters == NULL) return NULL;
 
-  for (int tid = 0; tid < maxTables; tid++) {
+  for (int tid = 1; tid < maxTables; tid++) {
     STable *pTable = pMeta->tables[tid];
     if (pTable == NULL || pTable->imem == NULL) continue;
 
@@ -912,7 +916,7 @@ _exit:
   free(pCache->imem);
   pCache->imem = NULL;
   pRepo->commit = 0;
-  for (int i = 0; i < pCfg->maxTables; i++) {
+  for (int i = 1; i < pCfg->maxTables; i++) {
     STable *pTable = pMeta->tables[i];
     if (pTable && pTable->imem) {
       tsdbFreeMemTable(pTable->imem);
@@ -946,7 +950,7 @@ static int tsdbCommitToFile(STsdbRepo *pRepo, int fid, SSkipListIterator **iters
   if (tsdbSetAndOpenHelperFile(pHelper, pGroup) < 0) goto _err;
 
   // Loop to commit data in each table
-  for (int tid = 0; tid < pCfg->maxTables; tid++) {
+  for (int tid = 1; tid < pCfg->maxTables; tid++) {
     STable *           pTable = pMeta->tables[tid];
     if (pTable == NULL) continue;
 
@@ -984,7 +988,6 @@ static int tsdbCommitToFile(STsdbRepo *pRepo, int fid, SSkipListIterator **iters
 
     // Write the SCompBlock part
     if (tsdbWriteCompInfo(pHelper) < 0) goto _err;
- 
   }
 
   if (tsdbWriteCompIdx(pHelper) < 0) goto _err;
diff --git a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
index ecd4c0225be7b513d076ee7870ebe988333df2e8..0fd6bc8ae6f927ec38c91bd32dd0c796152fad41 100644
--- a/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
+++ b/src/tsdb/src/tsdbMeta.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ int tsdbRestoreTable(void *pHandle, void *cont, int contLen) {
 void tsdbOrgMeta(void *pHandle) {
   STsdbMeta *pMeta = (STsdbMeta *)pHandle;
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < pMeta->maxTables; i++) {
+  for (int i = 1; i < pMeta->maxTables; i++) {
     STable *pTable = pMeta->tables[i];
     if (pTable != NULL && pTable->type == TSDB_CHILD_TABLE) {
       tsdbAddTableIntoIndex(pMeta, pTable);
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ int32_t tsdbFreeMeta(STsdbMeta *pMeta) {
 
   tsdbCloseMetaFile(pMeta->mfh);
 
-  for (int i = 0; i < pMeta->maxTables; i++) {
+  for (int i = 1; i < pMeta->maxTables; i++) {
     if (pMeta->tables[i] != NULL) {
       tsdbFreeTable(pMeta->tables[i]);
     }