diff --git a/app/common/rational.cpp b/app/common/rational.cpp
index 2160e3f0e..ff44bbd89 100644
--- a/app/common/rational.cpp
+++ b/app/common/rational.cpp
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ AVRational rational::toAVRational() const
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
-opentime::RationalTime rational::toRationalTime() const
+opentime::RationalTime rational::toRationalTime(double framerate) const
 {
   // Is this the best way of doing this?
-  return opentime::RationalTime::from_seconds(toDouble());
+  // Olive can store rationals as 0/0 which causes errors in OTIO
+  opentime::RationalTime time = opentime::RationalTime(numer_, denom_ == 0 ? 1 : denom_);
+  return time.rescaled_to(framerate);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/app/common/rational.h b/app/common/rational.h
index 358ea9697..8074c9b07 100644
--- a/app/common/rational.h
+++ b/app/common/rational.h
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public:
   AVRational toAVRational() const;
 
 #ifdef USE_OTIO
-  opentime::RationalTime toRationalTime() const;
+  // Convert Olive ratioanls to opentime rationals with the given framerate (defaults to 24)
+  opentime::RationalTime toRationalTime(double framerate = 24) const;
 #endif
 
   // Produce "flipped" version
diff --git a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
index 0fdb91b61..890d11dfd 100644
--- a/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
+++ b/app/task/project/saveotio/saveotio.cpp
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ opentimelineio::v1_0::Track *SaveOTIOTask::SerializeTrack(TrackOutput *track)
     }
     case Block::kGap:
     {
-      otio_block = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Gap(
-            opentimelineio::v1_0::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(), block->length().toRationalTime()),
+      otio_block = new opentimelineio::v1_0::Gap(opentimelineio::v1_0::TimeRange(block->in().toRationalTime(),
+                                          block->length().toRationalTime()),
             block->GetLabel().toStdString()
       );
       break;