diff --git a/api/ui-widgets.lua b/api/ui-widgets.lua
index 89506fd0..ed1fc405 100644
--- a/api/ui-widgets.lua
+++ b/api/ui-widgets.lua
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ do -- statusbars
         point = math.min(height, point)
         point = math.max(0, point)
 
+        -- set point to zero if value and max is zero
+        if val == 0 then point = 0 end
+
         -- set status bar position/size
         self.bar:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", self, "TOPLEFT", 0, - height + point)
         self.bar:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", self, "BOTTOMRIGHT", 0, 0)
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ do -- statusbars
         point = math.min(width, point)
         point = math.max(0, point)
 
+        -- set point to zero if value and max is zero
+        if val == 0 then point = 0 end
+
         -- set status bar position/size
         self.bar:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", self, "TOPLEFT", 0, 0)
         self.bar:SetPoint("BOTTOMRIGHT", self, "BOTTOMRIGHT", - width + point, 0)