diff --git a/golem/serializers/coders/opt_history_serialization.py b/golem/serializers/coders/opt_history_serialization.py
index a4390fd9..8e12db2c 100644
--- a/golem/serializers/coders/opt_history_serialization.py
+++ b/golem/serializers/coders/opt_history_serialization.py
@@ -111,9 +111,11 @@ def opt_history_from_json(cls: Type[OptHistory], json_obj: Dict[str, Any]) -> Op
     # to `Individual` instances.
     _deserialize_generations_list(history.generations, uid_to_individual_map)
     _deserialize_generations_list(history.archive_history, uid_to_individual_map)
-    # Process older histories to wrap generations into the new class.
-    if isinstance(history.generations[0], list):
-        history.generations = [Generation(gen, gen_num) for gen_num, gen in enumerate(history.generations)]
+    # Process histories with zero generations.
+    if len(history.generations) > 0:
+        # Process older histories to wrap generations into the new class.
+        if isinstance(history.generations[0], list):
+            history.generations = [Generation(gen, gen_num) for gen_num, gen in enumerate(history.generations)]
     # Deserialize parents for all generations.
     _deserialize_parent_individuals(list(chain(*history.generations)), uid_to_individual_map)
     # The attribute is used only for serialization.
diff --git a/test/data/zero_gen_history.json b/test/data/zero_gen_history.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40d5cbe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/zero_gen_history.json
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+{
+    "_default_save_dir": "C:\\Users\\valery\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\FEDOT",
+    "_generations": [],
+    "_objective": {
+        "is_multi_objective": false,
+        "metric_names": [
+            "rmse",
+            "node_number"
+        ],
+        "_class_path": "golem.core.optimisers.objective.objective/ObjectiveInfo"
+    },
+    "_tuning_result": {
+        "operator": {
+            "_nodes": [
+                {
+                    "_nodes_from": [
+                        "817632c2-de2b-46b5-adea-6f28ed2f2771",
+                        "08035438-c42d-43e3-865a-dbc818f2e23f"
+                    ],
+                    "content": {
+                        "name": "ridge",
+                        "params": {},
+                        "metadata": {
+                            "metric": null,
+                            "_class_path": "fedot.core.pipelines.node/NodeMetadata"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "uid": "a1d02589-f648-4adf-aa56-f0751b6aae37",
+                    "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph_node/LinkedGraphNode"
+                },
+                {
+                    "_nodes_from": [],
+                    "content": {
+                        "name": "glm",
+                        "params": {
+                            "family": "gaussian",
+                            "link": "identity"
+                        },
+                        "metadata": {
+                            "metric": null,
+                            "_class_path": "fedot.core.pipelines.node/NodeMetadata"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "uid": "817632c2-de2b-46b5-adea-6f28ed2f2771",
+                    "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph_node/LinkedGraphNode"
+                },
+                {
+                    "_nodes_from": [
+                        "1b96e295-cc71-4913-bf83-31db6424f930"
+                    ],
+                    "content": {
+                        "name": "ridge",
+                        "params": {},
+                        "metadata": {
+                            "metric": null,
+                            "_class_path": "fedot.core.pipelines.node/NodeMetadata"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "uid": "08035438-c42d-43e3-865a-dbc818f2e23f",
+                    "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph_node/LinkedGraphNode"
+                },
+                {
+                    "_nodes_from": [],
+                    "content": {
+                        "name": "lagged",
+                        "params": {
+                            "window_size": 10
+                        },
+                        "metadata": {
+                            "metric": null,
+                            "_class_path": "fedot.core.pipelines.node/NodeMetadata"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "uid": "1b96e295-cc71-4913-bf83-31db6424f930",
+                    "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph_node/LinkedGraphNode"
+                }
+            ],
+            "_postprocess_nodes": {
+                "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph/LinkedGraph._empty_postprocess"
+            },
+            "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.linked_graph/LinkedGraph"
+        },
+        "_class_path": "golem.core.dag.graph_delegate/GraphDelegate"
+    },
+    "archive_history": [],
+    "individuals_pool": [],
+    "_class_path": "golem.core.optimisers.opt_history_objects.opt_history/OptHistory"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit/optimizers/test_composing_history.py b/test/unit/optimizers/test_composing_history.py
index 15724776..76977ad1 100644
--- a/test/unit/optimizers/test_composing_history.py
+++ b/test/unit/optimizers/test_composing_history.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from golem.core.optimisers.opt_history_objects.parent_operator import ParentOperator
 from golem.core.optimisers.optimization_parameters import GraphRequirements
 from golem.core.optimisers.optimizer import GraphGenerationParams
+from golem.core.paths import project_root
 from golem.visualisation.opt_viz import PlotTypesEnum, OptHistoryVisualizer
 from golem.visualisation.opt_viz_extra import OptHistoryExtraVisualizer
 from test.unit.mocks.common_mocks import MockAdapter, MockDomainStructure, MockNode, MockObjectiveEvaluate
@@ -318,6 +319,16 @@ def test_collect_intermediate_metric():
     assert_intermediate_metrics(restored_graph)
 
 
+def test_load_zero_generations_history():
+    """ Test to load histories with zero generations, since it still can contain info about
+    objective, tuning result, etc. """
+    path_to_history = os.path.join(project_root(), 'test', 'data', 'zero_gen_history.json')
+    history = OptHistory.load(path_to_history)
+    assert isinstance(history, OptHistory)
+    assert len(history.archive_history) == 0
+    assert history.objective is not None
+
+
 def assert_intermediate_metrics(graph: MockDomainStructure):
     seen_metrics = []
     for node in graph.nodes: