diff --git a/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.test.ts b/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.test.ts
index f59adfc812..844dfb79a4 100644
--- a/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.test.ts
+++ b/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe("sizeBytesEstimate tests", () => {
     expect(sizeBytesEstimate("chars")).toBe(10);
   });
 
-  test("non-objects return 0", () => {
-    expect(sizeBytesEstimate(() => null)).toBe(0);
+  test("non-objects return non-zero", () => {
+    expect(sizeBytesEstimate(() => null)).toBe(1);
   });
 });
diff --git a/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.ts b/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.ts
index 8784f2ce52..c91c93b78f 100644
--- a/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.ts
+++ b/app/packages/utilities/src/size-bytes-estimate.ts
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ const sizer = (object: SizerTypes) => {
 };
 
 export default function sizeBytesEstimate(object: SizeTypes) {
-  return sizer(object);
+  // return value > 0;
+  return Math.max(sizer(object), 1);
 }