diff --git a/src/address/address.go b/src/address/address.go
index 27c7fd4d..b3bb0bfb 100644
--- a/src/address/address.go
+++ b/src/address/address.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type Subnet [8]byte
 // The 8th bit of the last byte is used to signal nodes (0) or /64 prefixes (1).
 // Nodes that configure this differently will be unable to communicate with each other using IP packets, though routing and the DHT machinery *should* still work.
 func GetPrefix() [1]byte {
-	return [...]byte{0x02}
+	return [...]byte{0xfc}
 }
 
 // IsValid returns true if an address falls within the range used by nodes in the network.
diff --git a/src/core/version.go b/src/core/version.go
index 0bfbbcbc..41c0e80e 100644
--- a/src/core/version.go
+++ b/src/core/version.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type version_metadata struct {
 // Gets a base metadata with no keys set, but with the correct version numbers.
 func version_getBaseMetadata() version_metadata {
 	return version_metadata{
-		meta:     [4]byte{'m', 'e', 't', 'a'},
+		meta:     [4]byte{'z', 'e', 't', 'a'},
 		ver:      0,
 		minorVer: 4,
 	}