diff --git a/lib/facts/genesis.js b/lib/facts/genesis.js
--- a/lib/facts/genesis.js
+++ b/lib/facts/genesis.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
+import { authoritativeKeyserverID } from '../utils/authoritative-keyserver.js';
+
 type Genesis = {
   +id: string,
   +name: string,
@@ -8,7 +10,7 @@
 };
 
 const genesis: Genesis = {
-  id: process.env['KEYSERVER'] ? '1' : '256|1',
+  id: process.env['KEYSERVER'] ? '1' : authoritativeKeyserverID + '|1',
   name: 'GENESIS',
   description:
     'This is the first community on Comm. In the future it will be possible to create chats outside of a community, but for now all of these chats get set with GENESIS as their parent. GENESIS is hosted on Ashoat’s keyserver.',