diff --git a/vdb/lib/config.py b/vdb/lib/config.py
index c318791..74b7a96 100644
--- a/vdb/lib/config.py
+++ b/vdb/lib/config.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # NVD CVE json feed url
 NVD_URL = "https://nvd.nist.gov/feeds/json/cve/1.1/nvdcve-1.1-%(year)s.json.gz"
 
-# NVD start year. 2019 is quicker. 2002 is quite detailed but slow
-NVD_START_YEAR = os.getenv("NVD_START_YEAR", "2019")
+# NVD start year. 2018 is quicker. 2002 is quite detailed but slow
+NVD_START_YEAR = os.getenv("NVD_START_YEAR", "2018")
 try:
     NVD_START_YEAR = int(NVD_START_YEAR)
 except ValueError: