diff --git a/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml b/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml
index 3962fb37edec..d4df07350036 100644
--- a/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/loki/loki-local-config.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ingester:
 
 schema_config:
   configs:
-  - from: 0
+  - from: 2018-04-15
     store: boltdb
     object_store: filesystem
     schema: v9
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
index 10842ddabd93..f5b79ddcf6c2 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ config:
     enforce_metric_name: false
   schema_config:
     configs:
-    - from: 0
+    - from: 2018-04-15
       store: boltdb
       object_store: filesystem
       schema: v9
diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
index f27cec445d4c..bb49521922e6 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki/config.libsonnet
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
       schema_config: {
         configs: [{
-          from: '0',
+          from: '2018-04-15',
           store: 'bigtable',
           object_store: 'gcs',
           schema: 'v9',