diff --git a/src/node/chain.c b/src/node/chain.c
index 37968d6..839b225 100644
--- a/src/node/chain.c
+++ b/src/node/chain.c
@@ -780,6 +780,9 @@ btc_chain_get_state(btc_chain_t *chain,
   int i, state, cached;
   int64_t time;
 
+  if (deployment->start_time == -1)
+    return BTC_STATE_ACTIVE;
+
   if (deployment->threshold != -1)
     threshold = deployment->threshold;
 
diff --git a/src/regtest.c b/src/regtest.c
index 78f5fce..4c0752b 100644
--- a/src/regtest.c
+++ b/src/regtest.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const btc_deployment_t regtest_deployments[] = {
   {
     /* .name = */ "segwit",
     /* .bit = */ 1,
-    /* .start_time = */ 0,
+    /* .start_time = */ -1,
     /* .timeout = */ 0xffffffff,
     /* .threshold = */ -1,
     /* .window = */ -1,