diff --git a/apps/backend-e2e/src/prisma.e2e-spec.ts b/apps/backend-e2e/src/prisma.e2e-spec.ts
index d15d6229e..65dae2c01 100644
--- a/apps/backend-e2e/src/prisma.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/apps/backend-e2e/src/prisma.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Prisma Client Extensions', () => {
       expect(profile.userID).toBe(userID);
       expect(userStats).toMatchObject({
         userID: userID,
-        level: 1,
+        level: 0,
         cosXP: 0n,
         mapsCompleted: 0,
         runsSubmitted: 0,
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-system.service.spec.ts b/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-system.service.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df0f18626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-system.service.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { Test, TestingModule } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import { XpSystemsService } from './xp-systems.service';
+import { mockDeep } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+import { PRISMA_MOCK_PROVIDER } from '../../../../test/prisma-mock.const';
+
+describe('XpSystemsService', () => {
+  let service: XpSystemsService;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    const module: TestingModule = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      providers: [XpSystemsService, PRISMA_MOCK_PROVIDER]
+    })
+      .useMocker(mockDeep)
+      .compile();
+
+    service = module.get<XpSystemsService>(XpSystemsService);
+    await service.onModuleInit();
+  });
+
+  it('should be defined', () => {
+    expect(service).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  describe('getCosmeticXpInLevel', () => {
+    it('should handle 0', () => {
+      const xp = service.getCosmeticXpInLevel(0);
+      expect(xp).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    it('should handle greater than 0', () => {
+      const xp = service.getCosmeticXpInLevel(1);
+      expect(xp).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getCosmeticXpForLevel', () => {
+    it('should handle 0', () => {
+      const xp = service.getCosmeticXpForLevel(0);
+      expect(xp).toEqual(0);
+    });
+    it('should handle greater than 0', () => {
+      const xp = service.getCosmeticXpForLevel(1);
+      expect(xp).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-systems.service.ts b/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-systems.service.ts
index 476ba5e94..9c6e2c2a7 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-systems.service.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/src/app/modules/xp-systems/xp-systems.service.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const DEFAULT_RANK_XP: RankXpParams = {
 const DEFAULT_COS_XP: CosXpParams = {
   levels: {
     maxLevels: 500,
-    startingValue: 20000,
+    startingValue: 0,
     linearScaleBaseIncrease: 1000,
     linearScaleInterval: 10,
     linearScaleIntervalMultiplier: 1,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class XpSystemsService implements OnModuleInit {
   getCosmeticXpInLevel(level: number): number {
     const levels = this._cosXpParams.levels;
 
-    if (!levels || level < 1 || level > levels.maxLevels) return -1;
+    if (!levels || level < 0 || level > levels.maxLevels) return -1;
 
     if (level < levels.staticScaleStart) {
       return (
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export class XpSystemsService implements OnModuleInit {
   getCosmeticXpForLevel(level: number): number {
     if (
       !this._cosXpParams ||
-      level < 1 ||
+      level < 0 ||
       level > this._cosXpParams.levels.maxLevels
     )
       return -1;
@@ -299,11 +299,11 @@ export class XpSystemsService implements OnModuleInit {
     this.xpInLevels = [0];
     this.xpForLevels = [0, 0];
 
-    for (let i = 1; i < this._cosXpParams.levels.maxLevels; i++) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < this._cosXpParams.levels.maxLevels; i++) {
       this.xpInLevels[i] = this.getCosmeticXpInLevel(i);
 
-      if (i > 1)
-        this.xpForLevels[i] = this.xpForLevels[i - 1] + this.xpInLevels[i - 1];
+      if (i > 0)
+        this.xpForLevels[i] = this.xpForLevels[i - 1] + this.xpInLevels[i];
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/libs/db/src/prisma/schema.prisma b/libs/db/src/prisma/schema.prisma
index ea0426310..0c49f0176 100644
--- a/libs/db/src/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/libs/db/src/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ model UserAuth {
 model UserStats {
   totalJumps    BigInt @default(0) @db.BigInt
   totalStrafes  BigInt @default(0) @db.BigInt
-  level         Int    @default(1) @db.SmallInt
+  level         Int    @default(0) @db.SmallInt
   cosXP         BigInt @default(0) @db.BigInt
   mapsCompleted Int    @default(0)
   runsSubmitted Int    @default(0)