diff --git a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
index 7c94006466..e4f86a5685 100644
--- a/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
+++ b/pype/scripts/otio_burnin.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class ModifiedBurnins(ffmpeg_burnins.Burnins):
             options = ffmpeg_burnins.TextOptions(**self.options_init)
 
         options = options.copy()
-        if frame_start:
+        if frame_start is not None:
             options["frame_offset"] = frame_start
 
         # `frame_end` is only for meassurements of text position