diff --git a/crates/notebook/src/session.rs b/crates/notebook/src/session.rs
index 54032a36d89a7bc614e209aff0c32ef03f435595..3c328ab8be4e27e443b65ab3f5e7d566bffd587c 100644
--- a/crates/notebook/src/session.rs
+++ b/crates/notebook/src/session.rs
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ pub(crate) fn sync_status(
     synced: Option<u64>,
     observed: &Mutex<Observed>,
 ) -> Result<SyncStatus> {
-    let queued: u64 = crate::lock(&replica.section.connection)?.query_row(
+    let queued: i64 = crate::lock(&replica.section.connection)?.query_row(
         "SELECT count(*) FROM edits",
         [],
         |row| row.get(0),
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ pub(crate) fn sync_status(
             .as_ref()
             .and_then(Option::as_ref)
             .map(|error| io::Error::new(error.kind(), error.to_string())),
-        queued,
+        queued: crate::unsigned(queued)?,
     })
 }