diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c60eaa..d770e2d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "chromedb @ git+https://github.com/karelze/ccl_chrome_indexeddb@master",
 "pause~=0.3",
 "pyautogui~=0.9.54",
-"pywinauto~=0.6.8"
+#"pywinauto~=0.6.8"
 ]
 
 dynamic = ["version"]
diff --git a/src/forensicsim/backend.py b/src/forensicsim/backend.py
index dc2fccf..8536bca 100644
--- a/src/forensicsim/backend.py
+++ b/src/forensicsim/backend.py
@@ -172,12 +172,14 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[dict[str, Any]]:
                 print(f"WARNING: Skipping database {global_id.name}")
                 continue
 
+            max_object_stores = self.database_metadata.get_meta(
+                global_id.dbid_no, DatabaseMetadataType.MaximumObjectStoreId
+            )
+            max_object_stores = max_object_stores if not max_object_stores else 0
+
             for object_store_id in range(
                 1,
-                self.database_metadata.get_meta(
-                    global_id.dbid_no, DatabaseMetadataType.MaximumObjectStoreId
-                )
-                + 1,
+                max_object_stores + 1,
             ):
                 datastore = self.object_store_meta.get_meta(
                     global_id.dbid_no,