diff --git a/app/src/organisms/Devices/ProtocolRun/ProtocolRunRunTimeParameters.tsx b/app/src/organisms/Devices/ProtocolRun/ProtocolRunRunTimeParameters.tsx
index 31d6d7f4d42..9066e66dae5 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/Devices/ProtocolRun/ProtocolRunRunTimeParameters.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/Devices/ProtocolRun/ProtocolRunRunTimeParameters.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function ProtocolRunRuntimeParameters({
       </Flex>
       {!hasParameter ? (
         <Flex padding={SPACING.spacing16}>
-          <ProtocolRunEmptyState />
+          <ProtocolRunEmptyState contentType="parameters" />
         </Flex>
       ) : (
         <>
diff --git a/app/src/organisms/ProtocolDetails/ProtocolParameters/index.tsx b/app/src/organisms/ProtocolDetails/ProtocolParameters/index.tsx
index 81c0c0ccee8..89e740e6fc6 100644
--- a/app/src/organisms/ProtocolDetails/ProtocolParameters/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/organisms/ProtocolDetails/ProtocolParameters/index.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export function ProtocolParameters({
           <ParametersTable runTimeParameters={runTimeParameters} t={t} />
         </Flex>
       ) : (
-        <ProtocolRunEmptyState />
+        <ProtocolRunEmptyState contentType="parameters" />
       )}
     </Flex>
   )
diff --git a/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/ProtocolRunEmptyState.tsx b/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/ProtocolRunEmptyState.tsx
index f0d77616c9f..cff67bf47a6 100644
--- a/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/ProtocolRunEmptyState.tsx
+++ b/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/ProtocolRunEmptyState.tsx
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ import { Flex } from '../../primitives'
 import { ALIGN_CENTER, DIRECTION_COLUMN } from '../../styles'
 
 interface ProtocolRunEmptyStateProps {
-  contentType?: 'parameters' | 'moduleControls'
+  contentType: 'parameters' | 'moduleControls'
 }
 
 export function ProtocolRunEmptyState({
-  contentType = 'parameters',
+  contentType,
 }: ProtocolRunEmptyStateProps): JSX.Element {
   const bodyText =
     contentType === 'parameters'
diff --git a/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/__tests__/ProtocolRunEmptyState.test.tsx b/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/__tests__/ProtocolRunEmptyState.test.tsx
index 3dbd24d499a..59aa8a9c847 100644
--- a/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/__tests__/ProtocolRunEmptyState.test.tsx
+++ b/components/src/molecules/ParametersTable/__tests__/ProtocolRunEmptyState.test.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ describe('NoParameters', () => {
       contentType: 'parameters',
     }
   })
+
   it('should render text and icon with proper color - parameters', () => {
     render(props)
     screen.getByLabelText('alert')