diff --git a/packages/order-watcher/CHANGELOG.json b/packages/order-watcher/CHANGELOG.json
index 1255bd25a1..dbb4824fc7 100644
--- a/packages/order-watcher/CHANGELOG.json
+++ b/packages/order-watcher/CHANGELOG.json
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 [
+    {
+        "version": "2.2.3",
+        "changes": [
+            {
+                "note": "Start jsonRpcRequestId at 1, not 0 as 0 breaks the web3.js websocket RPC provider",
+                "pr": 1227
+            }
+        ]
+    },
     {
         "timestamp": 1542028948,
         "version": "2.2.2",
diff --git a/packages/web3-wrapper/src/web3_wrapper.ts b/packages/web3-wrapper/src/web3_wrapper.ts
index 23204e6160..be1713f208 100644
--- a/packages/web3-wrapper/src/web3_wrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-wrapper/src/web3_wrapper.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class Web3Wrapper {
         this.abiDecoder = new AbiDecoder([]);
         this._provider = provider;
         this._txDefaults = txDefaults || {};
-        this._jsonRpcRequestId = 0;
+        this._jsonRpcRequestId = 1;
     }
     /**
      * Get the contract defaults set to the Web3Wrapper instance