diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ArticlesApi.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ArticlesApi.java
index 7716239cf19c2d5fd6349a5236a6c8df6e3141d7..83eed713395da1593b216eb44431370fdcd8d214 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ArticlesApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ArticlesApi.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ArticlesApi {
         article.setCreatedBy(user);
 
         long count = 1;
-        for(int i = 0; count > 0; i++)
+        for(int i = 1; count > 0; i++)
         {
             count = articleRepository.countByTitle(article.getTitle());
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class ArticlesApi {
         }
 
         boolean alreadyExists = true;
-        for(int i = 0; alreadyExists; i++)
+        for(int i = 1; alreadyExists; i++)
         {
             alreadyExists = articleRepository.exists(slug);
             if(alreadyExists)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public class ArticlesApi {
 
         if(!newTitle.equals(oldTitle)) {
             long count = 1;
-            for(int i = 0; count > 0 && !newTitle.equals(oldTitle); i++)
+            for(int i = 1; count > 0 && !newTitle.equals(oldTitle); i++)
             {
                 newTitle = article.getTitle();
                 count = articleRepository.countByTitle(newTitle);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ModelsApi.java b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ModelsApi.java
index 9956d6dfae567fc68f156603664c3c197b29a716..7d7bee2705e7a461b7e08cc006ba80787a438bbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ModelsApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/hbp/mip/controllers/ModelsApi.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class ModelsApi {
         }
 
         long count = 1;
-        for(int i = 0; count > 0; i++)
+        for(int i = 1; count > 0; i++)
         {
             count = modelRepository.countByTitle(model.getTitle());
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class ModelsApi {
         }
 
         boolean alreadyExists = true;
-        for(int i = 0; alreadyExists; i++)
+        for(int i = 1; alreadyExists; i++)
         {
             alreadyExists = modelRepository.exists(slug);
             if(alreadyExists)
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public class ModelsApi {
 
         if(!newTitle.equals(oldTitle)) {
             long count = 1;
-            for(int i = 0; count > 0 && !newTitle.equals(oldTitle); i++)
+            for(int i = 1; count > 0 && !newTitle.equals(oldTitle); i++)
             {
                 newTitle = model.getTitle();
                 count = modelRepository.countByTitle(newTitle);