diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91e42d73d..4261fc412 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fix high CPU when errors are displayed; errors will now work ahead before throttling to realtime, similar to primary content
 - Fix startup error caused by duplicate smart collection names (and no longer allow duplicate smart collection names)
 - Fix erroneous downgrade health check failure with some installations that use MariaDB
+- Sequential schedules: fix `count` instruction validation to accept integer (constant) or string (expression)
 
 ### Changed
 - No longer round framerate to nearest integer when normalizing framerate
diff --git a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/YamlScheduling/Handlers/YamlPlayoutCountHandler.cs b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/YamlScheduling/Handlers/YamlPlayoutCountHandler.cs
index c0ee6a2b8..92e134f09 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/YamlScheduling/Handlers/YamlPlayoutCountHandler.cs
+++ b/ErsatzTV.Core/Scheduling/YamlScheduling/Handlers/YamlPlayoutCountHandler.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class YamlPlayoutCountHandler(EnumeratorCache enumeratorCache) : YamlPlay
                 e.Result = name switch
                 {
                     "count" => enumeratorCount,
-                    "random" => random.Next() % enumeratorCount,
+                    "random" => enumeratorCount > 0 ? random.Next() % enumeratorCount : 0,
                     _ => e.Result
                 };
             };
diff --git a/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule-import.schema.json b/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule-import.schema.json
index 2ea0480f0..6ae801007 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule-import.schema.json
+++ b/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule-import.schema.json
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
       "countInstruction": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
-          "count": { "type": "integer" },
+          "count": { "type": ["integer", "string"] },
           "content": { "type": "string" },
           "custom_title": { "type": "string" },
           "filler_kind": { "$ref": "#/$defs/enums/filler_kind" },
diff --git a/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule.schema.json b/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule.schema.json
index 34304c5a6..004933eca 100644
--- a/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule.schema.json
+++ b/ErsatzTV/Resources/sequential-schedule.schema.json
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
       "countInstruction": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
-          "count": { "type": "integer" },
+          "count": { "type": ["integer", "string"] },
           "content": { "type": "string" },
           "custom_title": { "type": "string" },
           "filler_kind": { "$ref": "#/$defs/enums/filler_kind" },