diff --git a/zordfsdb.go b/zordfsdb.go
index de95d35..6cccf25 100644
--- a/zordfsdb.go
+++ b/zordfsdb.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (db *DB) Inc(vpath string) bool {
 
 	val, found := db.Get(vpath)
 	if !found {
-		return false
+		val = "0"
 	}
 
 	valAbc := abcex.Decode(val)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (db *DB) Dec(vpath string) bool {
 
 	val, found := db.Get(vpath)
 	if !found {
-		return false
+		val = "0"
 	}
 
 	valAbc := abcex.Decode(val)
diff --git a/zordfsdb_test.go b/zordfsdb_test.go
index bd5dca7..3786642 100644
--- a/zordfsdb_test.go
+++ b/zordfsdb_test.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func TestNow(t *testing.T) {
 	db.Now("today")
 	val, found := db.Get("today")
 	fmt.Println(val)
-	if !found || len(val) != 25 {
+	if !found || len(val) < 10 {
 		t.Fatal("today value length wrong:", len(val))
 	}
 }