diff --git a/packages/desktop/components/popup/popups/SyncAccountsPopup.svelte b/packages/desktop/components/popup/popups/SyncAccountsPopup.svelte
index fed8ada116..c62141e6c9 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/components/popup/popups/SyncAccountsPopup.svelte
+++ b/packages/desktop/components/popup/popups/SyncAccountsPopup.svelte
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
             isDepthSearch = true
             recoverAccountsPayload = {
                 accountStartIndex: isSingleAccountSearch ? $selectedAccountIndex : accountGapLimit,
-                accountGapLimit: 0,
+                accountGapLimit: 1,
                 addressGapLimit: isSingleAccountSearch
                     ? addressGapLimit
                     : (searchCount - depthSearchCount) * addressGapLimit,
diff --git a/packages/desktop/views/onboarding/views/restore-profile/views/BalanceFinderView.svelte b/packages/desktop/views/onboarding/views/restore-profile/views/BalanceFinderView.svelte
index e347257156..fdc6b09d92 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/views/onboarding/views/restore-profile/views/BalanceFinderView.svelte
+++ b/packages/desktop/views/onboarding/views/restore-profile/views/BalanceFinderView.svelte
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         const recoverAccountsPayload: RecoverAccountsPayload = {
             accountStartIndex,
             accountGapLimit,
-            addressGapLimit: 0,
+            addressGapLimit: 1,
             syncOptions: { ...DEFAULT_SYNC_OPTIONS, addressStartIndex: 0 },
         }
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             depthSearch = true
             recoverAccountsPayload = {
                 accountStartIndex: accountGapLimit,
-                accountGapLimit: 0,
+                accountGapLimit: 1,
                 addressGapLimit: (searchCount - depthSearchCount) * addressGapLimit,
                 syncOptions: { ...DEFAULT_SYNC_OPTIONS, addressStartIndex: 0 },
             }
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/lib/core/profile/constants/default-account-recovery-configuration.constant.ts b/packages/shared/src/lib/core/profile/constants/default-account-recovery-configuration.constant.ts
index a40bc12753..0415d50222 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/lib/core/profile/constants/default-account-recovery-configuration.constant.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/lib/core/profile/constants/default-account-recovery-configuration.constant.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import { AccountRecoveryConfiguration } from '../types'
 export const DEFAULT_ACCOUNT_RECOVERY_CONFIGURATION: AccountRecoveryConfiguration = {
     [ProfileType.Ledger]: {
         initialAccountRange: 3,
-        accountGapLimit: 0,
+        accountGapLimit: 1,
         numberOfRoundsBetweenBreadthSearch: 1,
         addressGapLimit: 5,
     },
     [ProfileType.Software]: {
         initialAccountRange: 10,
-        accountGapLimit: 0,
+        accountGapLimit: 1,
         numberOfRoundsBetweenBreadthSearch: 1,
         addressGapLimit: 100,
     },