diff --git a/src/tape/ensemble.py b/src/tape/ensemble.py
index 6d286f66..d1d23f36 100644
--- a/src/tape/ensemble.py
+++ b/src/tape/ensemble.py
@@ -1263,6 +1263,13 @@ def save_ensemble(self, path=".", dirname="ensemble", additional_frames=True, **
         Returns
         ----------
         None
+
+        Note
+        ----
+        If the object frame is empty, which is often the case when an Ensemble
+        is constructed using only source files/dictionaries, then an object
+        subdirectory will not be created. `Ensemble.from_ensemble` will know
+        how to work with the directory in both cases.
         """
 
         self._lazy_sync_tables("all")
diff --git a/tests/tape_tests/test_ensemble.py b/tests/tape_tests/test_ensemble.py
index 7f7407b9..592eada4 100644
--- a/tests/tape_tests/test_ensemble.py
+++ b/tests/tape_tests/test_ensemble.py
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ def test_read_source_dict(dask_client):
     assert 8002 in obj_table.index
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("add_frames", [True, False, ["max"], "42", ["max", "min"]])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("add_frames", [True, False, ["max"], 42, ["max", "min"]])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("obj_nocols", [True, False])
 def test_save_and_load_ensemble(dask_client, tmp_path, add_frames, obj_nocols):
     # Setup a temporary directory for files
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ def test_save_and_load_ensemble(dask_client, tmp_path, add_frames, obj_nocols):
     ens.batch(np.max, "flux", label="max")
 
     # Save the Ensemble
-    if add_frames == "42" or add_frames == ["max", "min"]:
+    if add_frames == 42 or add_frames == ["max", "min"]:
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             ens.save_ensemble(save_path, dirname="ensemble", additional_frames=add_frames)
         return