diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.test.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df2213ad40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { createComponentRenderer } from '@/__tests__/render';
+import SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton from '@/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.vue';
+import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing';
+import { mockedStore } from '@/__tests__/utils';
+import { useWorkflowsStore } from '@/stores/workflows.store';
+
+vi.mock('vue-router', async () => {
+	const actual = await vi.importActual('vue-router');
+	const params = {};
+	const location = {};
+	return {
+		...actual,
+		useRouter: () => ({
+			push: vi.fn(),
+		}),
+		useRoute: () => ({
+			params,
+			location,
+		}),
+	};
+});
+
+let workflowsStore: ReturnType<typeof mockedStore<typeof useWorkflowsStore>>;
+
+const renderComponent = createComponentRenderer(SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton);
+
+const EMPTY_WORKFLOW = {
+	id: '__EMPTY__',
+	createdAt: -1,
+	updatedAt: -1,
+	versionId: '1',
+	name: 'Email Summary Agent ',
+	active: false,
+	connections: {},
+	nodes: [],
+	usedCredentials: [],
+	meta: { templateId: '2722', templateCredsSetupCompleted: true },
+};
+
+describe('SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		createTestingPinia();
+		workflowsStore = mockedStore(useWorkflowsStore);
+	});
+
+	it('renders', () => {
+		workflowsStore.workflow = EMPTY_WORKFLOW;
+		expect(() => renderComponent()).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
+	it('does not render the button if there are no nodes', () => {
+		workflowsStore.workflow = EMPTY_WORKFLOW;
+		const { queryByTestId } = renderComponent();
+		expect(queryByTestId('setup-credentials-button')).toBeNull();
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.vue
index fc6af742ca..5597070a70 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton/SetupWorkflowCredentialsButton.vue
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const allCredentialsFilled = computed(() => {
 
 	const nodes = workflowsStore.getNodes();
 	if (!nodes.length) {
-		return false;
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	return nodes.every((node) => doesNodeHaveAllCredentialsFilled(nodeTypesStore, node));
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
 	<n8n-button
 		v-if="showButton"
 		:label="i18n.baseText('nodeView.setupTemplate')"
+		data-test-id="setup-credentials-button"
 		size="large"
 		icon="box-open"
 		type="secondary"