diff --git a/NetDb.cpp b/NetDb.cpp
index 23b6c701..d455a7f4 100644
--- a/NetDb.cpp
+++ b/NetDb.cpp
@@ -497,15 +497,16 @@ namespace data
 				memcpy (payload + DATABASE_STORE_HEADER_SIZE, buf + payloadOffset, msgLen);
 				floodMsg->FillI2NPMessageHeader (eI2NPDatabaseStore); 
 				std::set<IdentHash> excluded;
-				for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+				excluded.insert (i2p::context.GetIdentHash ()); // don't flood to itself
+ 				for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 				{
 					auto floodfill = GetClosestFloodfill (ident, excluded);
 					if (floodfill)
 					{
 						auto h = floodfill->GetIdentHash();
-						excluded.insert(h);
 						LogPrint(eLogDebug, "NetDb: Flood lease set for ", ident.ToBase32(), " to ", h.ToBase64());
 						transports.SendMessage (h, floodMsg);
+						excluded.insert (h);
 					}
 					else
 						break;