diff --git a/hypertrace-view-generator/hypertrace-view-generator-api/src/main/avro/SpanEventView.avdl b/hypertrace-view-generator/hypertrace-view-generator-api/src/main/avro/SpanEventView.avdl
index a082b722c..e7f2d3505 100644
--- a/hypertrace-view-generator/hypertrace-view-generator-api/src/main/avro/SpanEventView.avdl
+++ b/hypertrace-view-generator/hypertrace-view-generator-api/src/main/avro/SpanEventView.avdl
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ protocol SpanEventViewProtocol {
 
     int api_trace_error_span_count = 0;
 
-    int spans = 0;
+    int spans = 1;
   }
 }