diff --git a/core/translate/expr.rs b/core/translate/expr.rs
index 734dbb98e..31463f8d6 100644
--- a/core/translate/expr.rs
+++ b/core/translate/expr.rs
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ pub fn translate_expr(
                             program.emit_insn(Insn::Copy {
                                 src_reg: output_register,
                                 dst_reg: target_register,
-                                amount: 1,
+                                amount: 0,
                             });
                             Ok(target_register)
                         }
diff --git a/testing/scalar-functions.test b/testing/scalar-functions.test
index e7f1c1b10..f04fa1765 100755
--- a/testing/scalar-functions.test
+++ b/testing/scalar-functions.test
@@ -809,6 +809,10 @@ do_execsql_test cast-small-float-to-numeric {
   SELECT typeof(CAST('1.23' AS NUMERIC)), CAST('1.23' AS NUMERIC);
 } {real|1.23}
 
+do_execsql_test_regex sqlite-version-should-return-valid-output {
+  SELECT sqlite_version();
+} {\d+\.\d+\.\d+}
+
 # TODO COMPAT: sqlite returns 9.22337203685478e+18, do we care...?
 # do_execsql_test cast-large-text-to-numeric {
 #   SELECT typeof(CAST('9223372036854775808' AS NUMERIC)), CAST('9223372036854775808' AS NUMERIC);