diff --git a/services/github/github-commit-activity.tester.js b/services/github/github-commit-activity.tester.js
index 03dc477360a15d2786c0f65eb9a1b359e87063d6..66d6d7cc606b83d752c39561b1fd484a81f335a3 100644
--- a/services/github/github-commit-activity.tester.js
+++ b/services/github/github-commit-activity.tester.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { isMetricOverTimePeriod } = require('../test-validators')
+const Joi = require('@hapi/joi')
+const {
+  isMetricOverTimePeriod,
+  isZeroOverTimePeriod,
+} = require('../test-validators')
 const t = (module.exports = require('../tester').createServiceTester())
 
+const isCommitActivity = Joi.alternatives().try(
+  isMetricOverTimePeriod,
+  isZeroOverTimePeriod
+)
+
 t.create('commit activity (1 year)').get('/y/eslint/eslint.json').expectBadge({
   label: 'commit activity',
   message: isMetricOverTimePeriod,
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ t.create('commit activity (4 weeks)')
 
 t.create('commit activity (1 week)').get('/w/eslint/eslint.json').expectBadge({
   label: 'commit activity',
-  message: isMetricOverTimePeriod,
+  message: isCommitActivity,
 })
 
 t.create('commit activity (repo not found)')
diff --git a/services/test-validators.js b/services/test-validators.js
index 72e1378aba143b9024f154b13088e51d31a199cc..c88aa6c3f7df181b76dfddeb191dc66d3a617605 100644
--- a/services/test-validators.js
+++ b/services/test-validators.js
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ const isMetricOverTimePeriod = withRegex(
   /^([1-9][0-9]*[kMGTPEZY]?|[1-9]\.[1-9][kMGTPEZY])\/(year|month|four weeks|week|day)$/
 )
 
+const isZeroOverTimePeriod = withRegex(/^0\/(year|month|four weeks|week|day)$/)
+
 const isIntegerPercentage = withRegex(/^[1-9][0-9]?%|^100%|^0%$/)
 const isDecimalPercentage = withRegex(/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]*%$/)
 const isPercentage = Joi.alternatives().try(
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ module.exports = {
   isMetricOpenIssues,
   isMetricOverMetric,
   isMetricOverTimePeriod,
+  isZeroOverTimePeriod,
   isPercentage,
   isIntegerPercentage,
   isDecimalPercentage,