diff --git a/src/api/operation.rs b/src/api/operation.rs
index 8772106..7ff956f 100644
--- a/src/api/operation.rs
+++ b/src/api/operation.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,9 @@ pub async fn block(bi: Form<BlockInput>, user: CurrentUser, db: Db, rconn: RdsCo
     let curr = if blk.add(&nh_to_block).await? > 0 {
         BlockCounter::count_incr(&rconn, &nh_to_block).await?
     } else {
-        114514
+        BlockCounter::get_count(&rconn, &nh_to_block)
+            .await?
+            .unwrap_or_default()
     };
 
     BlockDictCache::init(&user.namehash, pid, &rconn)
diff --git a/src/rds_models.rs b/src/rds_models.rs
index da6be76..bbb2199 100644
--- a/src/rds_models.rs
+++ b/src/rds_models.rs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl BlockedUsers {
 pub struct BlockCounter;
 
 impl BlockCounter {
-    pub async fn count_incr(rconn: &RdsConn, namehash: &str) -> RedisResult<usize> {
+    pub async fn count_incr(rconn: &RdsConn, namehash: &str) -> RedisResult<i32> {
         rconn.clone().hincr(KEY_BLOCKED_COUNTER, namehash, 1).await
     }