diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/export/pieces-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/export/pieces-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.ts
index 4659872ecc..426403da5e 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/export/pieces-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/export/pieces-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.ts
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export class ProjectMetadataPieceExporter implements ExportPieceProcessor {
       const warningMessage = `${ProjectMetadataPieceExporter.name} - Output Summary for project with id ${projectId} does not exist.`;
       this.logger.log(warningMessage);
     }
-    const summaryZip64 = outputSummary?.summaryZip ? outputSummary.summaryZip.toString('base64') : undefined;
+    const summaryZip64 = outputSummary?.summaryZip
+      ? outputSummary.summaryZip.toString('base64')
+      : undefined;
 
     const [blmRange]: [
       SelectProjectBlmResult,
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/import/pieces-importers/project-metadata.piece-importer.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/import/pieces-importers/project-metadata.piece-importer.ts
index 8c04a8be46..90e311f20a 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/import/pieces-importers/project-metadata.piece-importer.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/src/import/pieces-importers/project-metadata.piece-importer.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class ProjectMetadataPieceImporter implements ImportPieceProcessor {
           .values({ id: projectId, ...projectMetadata.blmRange })
           .execute();
 
-        if(projectMetadata?.outputSummaryZip) {
+        if (projectMetadata?.outputSummaryZip) {
           await em
             .createQueryBuilder()
             .insert()
@@ -192,7 +192,9 @@ export class ProjectMetadataPieceImporter implements ImportPieceProcessor {
             })
             .execute();
         } else {
-          this.logger.log(`No output summary data for project ${projectId}: the source project may not have any scenarios run yet.`);
+          this.logger.log(
+            `No output summary data for project ${projectId}: the source project may not have any scenarios run yet.`,
+          );
         }
       });
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/cloning/piece-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.e2e-spec.ts b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/cloning/piece-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.e2e-spec.ts
index 5526f36079..4c4c10a324 100644
--- a/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/cloning/piece-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/api/apps/geoprocessing/test/integration/cloning/piece-exporters/project-metadata.piece-exporter.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ describe(ProjectMetadataPieceExporter, () => {
       .ThenAProjectExistErrorShouldBeThrown();
   });
 
-  it('fails when project output summary is not found', async () => {
-    await fixtures.GivenProjectExist(ProjectSourcesEnum.marxanCloud);
+  it('saves file successfully even when project output summary was never created yet', async () => {
+    const marxanSource = ProjectSourcesEnum.marxanCloud;
     const input = fixtures.GivenAProjectMetadataExportJob();
+    await fixtures.GivenProjectExist(marxanSource);
+    await fixtures.GivenProjectBlmRangeExist();
     await fixtures
       .WhenPieceExporterIsInvoked(input)
-      .ThenAnOtuputSummaryExistErrorShouldBeThrown();
+      .ThenProjectMetadataFileIsSaved(marxanSource);
   });
 
   it('fails when project blm range is not found', async () => {
@@ -116,18 +118,28 @@ const getFixtures = async () => {
 
   const expectedContent: (
     sources: ProjectSourcesEnum,
-  ) => ProjectMetadataContent = (sources: ProjectSourcesEnum) => ({
-    name: `test project - ${projectId}`,
-    planningUnitGridShape: PlanningUnitGridShape.Square,
-    blmRange: {
-      defaults: [0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100],
-      range: [0, 100],
-      values: [],
-    },
-    outputSummaryZip: summaryZipEncoded,
-    metadata,
-    sources,
-  });
+    options: { withProjectSummary?: boolean },
+  ) => ProjectMetadataContent = (
+    sources: ProjectSourcesEnum,
+    options: { withProjectSummary?: boolean },
+  ) => {
+    const expected: ProjectMetadataContent = {
+      name: `test project - ${projectId}`,
+      planningUnitGridShape: PlanningUnitGridShape.Square,
+      blmRange: {
+        defaults: [0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100],
+        range: [0, 100],
+        values: [],
+      },
+      outputSummaryZip: summaryZipEncoded,
+      metadata,
+      sources,
+    };
+    if (options?.withProjectSummary) {
+      expected.outputSummaryZip = summaryZipEncoded;
+    }
+    return expected;
+  };
 
   return {
     cleanUp: async () => {
@@ -187,11 +199,6 @@ const getFixtures = async () => {
         ThenAProjectBlmExistErrorShouldBeThrown: async () => {
           await expect(sut.run(input)).rejects.toThrow(/blm.*does not exist/gi);
         },
-        ThenAnOtuputSummaryExistErrorShouldBeThrown: async () => {
-          await expect(sut.run(input)).rejects.toThrow(
-            /Output Summary.*does not exist/gi,
-          );
-        },
         ThenProjectMetadataFileIsSaved: async (sources: ProjectSourcesEnum) => {
           const result = await sut.run(input);
           const file = await fileRepository.get(result.uris[0].uri);