diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index aa87fe536..489694236 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Change Log
 * Minor changes to view_portal_object utility script.
 * Minor changes to validators hooks in structured_data.
 * Added portal_utils.Portal.get_version method.
+* Minor fix in misc_utils.format_duration.
 
 
 8.14.3
diff --git a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
index 5de86755e..2df638862 100644
--- a/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
+++ b/dcicutils/misc_utils.py
@@ -2802,7 +2802,7 @@ def format_duration(seconds: Union[int, float]) -> str:
     durations = [("year", 31536000), ("day", 86400), ("hour", 3600), ("minute", 60), ("second", 1)]
     parts = []
     for name, duration in durations:
-        if seconds >= duration:
+        if (seconds == 0) or (seconds >= duration):
             count = seconds // duration
             seconds %= duration
             if count != 1:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3c928af98..7960efa50 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "dcicutils"
-version = "8.14.3.1b4"  # TODO: To become 8.14.4
+version = "8.14.3.1b5"  # TODO: To become 8.14.4
 description = "Utility package for interacting with the 4DN Data Portal and other 4DN resources"
 authors = ["4DN-DCIC Team <support@4dnucleome.org>"]
 license = "MIT"