diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e27c21a9..70128e89 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### Changelog
 
+* Fix for queue size recommendation of 0GB RAM on low-end machines
 * Fix for website readme compilation
 * Fix for compiler downloads folder specification (was always standard path)
 
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/ABatchProcessor.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/ABatchProcessor.cs
index 9faaa09d..7f8481d7 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/ABatchProcessor.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/ABatchProcessor.cs
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
             const ulong GB = (1024 * 1024 * 1024);
             // Most of the heavy lifting is done on the scratch disk, so we'll use the value from that disk
             var memory = Utils.GetMemoryStatus();
-            // Assume roughly 2GB of ram needed to extract each 7zip archive, and then leave 2GB for the OS
-            var based_on_memory = (memory.ullTotalPhys - (2 * GB)) / (2 * GB);
+            // Assume roughly 2GB of ram needed to extract each 7zip archive, and then leave 2GB for the OS. If calculation is lower or equal to 1 GB, use 1GB
+            var based_on_memory = Math.Max((memory.ullTotalPhys - (2 * GB)) / (2 * GB), 1);
             var scratch_size = await RecommendQueueSize(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
             var result = Math.Min((int)based_on_memory, (int)scratch_size);
             Utils.Log($"Recommending a queue size of {result} based on disk performance, number of cores, and {((long)memory.ullTotalPhys).ToFileSizeString()} of system RAM");