diff --git a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/templates/src/common.ts b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/templates/src/common.ts
index d141f1f9ae..77d4826174 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/predictive-text/templates/src/common.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/predictive-text/templates/src/common.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function buildMergedTransform(first: Transform, second: Transform): Trans
     deleteLeft: first.deleteLeft + mergedSecondDelete
   }
 
-  if(first.id && first.id == second.id) {
+  if(first.id !== undefined && first.id == second.id) {
     returnedObj.id = first.id;
   }