diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/opencord/sadis/UniTagInformation.java b/api/src/main/java/org/opencord/sadis/UniTagInformation.java
index fdcb301..5841d5e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/opencord/sadis/UniTagInformation.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/opencord/sadis/UniTagInformation.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 public final class UniTagInformation {
 
     @JsonProperty(value = "uniTagMatch")
-    private VlanId uniTagMatch = VlanId.NONE;
+    private VlanId uniTagMatch = VlanId.vlanId(VlanId.NO_VID);
 
     @JsonProperty(value = "ponCTag")
     private VlanId ponCTag;