@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public class SessionCipher {
sessionState.setRootKey(senderChain.first());
sessionState.addReceiverChain(theirEphemeral, receiverChain.second());
sessionState.setPreviousCounter(sessionState.getSenderChainKey().getIndex()-1);
sessionState.setPreviousCounter(Math.max(sessionState.getSenderChainKey().getIndex()-1, 0));
sessionState.setSenderChain(ourNewEphemeral, senderChain.second());
return receiverChain.second();