diff --git a/src/daemon/config.js b/src/daemon/config.js
index 43efe53f1..21b168226 100644
--- a/src/daemon/config.js
+++ b/src/daemon/config.js
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ const getGatewayPort = (config) => getHttpPort(config.Addresses.Gateway)
  */
 function migrateConfig (ipfsd) {
   // Bump revision number when new migration rule is added
-  const REVISION = 5
+  const REVISION = 6
   const REVISION_KEY = 'daemonConfigRevision'
   const CURRENT_REVISION = store.get(REVISION_KEY, 0)
 
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ function migrateConfig (ipfsd) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (CURRENT_REVISION < 6) {
+    ipfsd.api.files.chcid('/', { cidVersion: 1 })
+  }
+
   if (changed) {
     try {
       writeConfigFile(ipfsd, config)