diff --git a/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc
index a34168cc1f..5ba113637b 100644
--- a/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc
+++ b/repos/mml/src/app/posix_playground/main.cc
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int main(void) {
     std::vector<Posix_playground::Chrono_thread*> thread_objs(4);
     std::vector<std::thread*> thread_list(4);
 
-    for (std::uint16_t i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    for (std::uint16_t i = 1; i < 4; i++) {
         thread_objs[i] = new Posix_playground::Chrono_thread(i);
         auto thread =  new std::thread([&]
                                       { thread_objs[i]->execute(); });