diff --git a/src/config/config.ts b/src/config/config.ts
index 49be8342b5..c15ef74c15 100644
--- a/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.ts
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ export class Config extends ConfigFile<ConfigFile.Options> {
       input: {
         // the bit shift will remove the negative bit, and any decimal numbers
         // then the parseFloat will handle converting it to a number from a string
-        validator: (value) => (value as number) >>> 0 === parseFloat(value as string),
+        validator: (value) => (value as number) >>> 0 === parseFloat(value as string) && (value as number) > 0,
         get failedMessage() {
           return Config.messages?.getMessage('InvalidNumberConfigValue');
         },
diff --git a/test/unit/config/configTest.ts b/test/unit/config/configTest.ts
index 2b0c1ed895..00fcecad8c 100644
--- a/test/unit/config/configTest.ts
+++ b/test/unit/config/configTest.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ describe('Config', () => {
             expect(err).to.have.property('name', 'InvalidConfigValue');
           }
         });
+        it('will throw an error when value is 0', async () => {
+          const config: Config = await Config.create(Config.getDefaultOptions(true));
+          try {
+            config.set('maxQueryLimit', '0');
+            assert.fail('Expected an error to be thrown.');
+          } catch (err) {
+            expect(err).to.have.property('name', 'InvalidConfigValue');
+          }
+        });
         it('will set config value with stringified number', async () => {
           const config: Config = await Config.create(Config.getDefaultOptions(true));
           const res = config.set('maxQueryLimit', '123');