diff --git a/subprojects/interpreter-rete/src/main/java/tools/refinery/interpreter/rete/aggregation/ColumnAggregatorNode.java b/subprojects/interpreter-rete/src/main/java/tools/refinery/interpreter/rete/aggregation/ColumnAggregatorNode.java
index d5f4a0e4a..a055cc809 100644
--- a/subprojects/interpreter-rete/src/main/java/tools/refinery/interpreter/rete/aggregation/ColumnAggregatorNode.java
+++ b/subprojects/interpreter-rete/src/main/java/tools/refinery/interpreter/rete/aggregation/ColumnAggregatorNode.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * Timeless implementation of the column aggregator node.
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ private void propagateBatchUpdate(Collection<Entry<Tuple, Integer>> updates, Tim
 		if (updates.isEmpty()) {
 			return;
 		}
-		var oldValues = CollectionsFactory.<Tuple, AggregateResult>createMap();
+		var oldValues = CollectionsFactory.<Tuple, Optional<AggregateResult>>createMap();
 		for (var entry : updates) {
 			var update = entry.getKey();
 			var key = groupMask.transform(update);
@@ -316,7 +317,8 @@ private void propagateBatchUpdate(Collection<Entry<Tuple, Integer>> updates, Tim
 
 			var oldMainAccumulator = memory.get(key);
 			oldValues.computeIfAbsent(key, ignoredKey ->
-					oldMainAccumulator == null ? NEUTRAL : operator.getAggregate(oldMainAccumulator));
+					Optional.ofNullable(oldMainAccumulator == null ? NEUTRAL :
+							operator.getAggregate(oldMainAccumulator)));
 			Accumulator newMainAccumulator = oldMainAccumulator == null ? operator.createNeutral() :
 					oldMainAccumulator;
 			for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
@@ -329,7 +331,7 @@ private void propagateBatchUpdate(Collection<Entry<Tuple, Integer>> updates, Tim
 			var oldValue = entry.getValue();
 			var newMainAccumulator = getMainAccumulator(key);
 			var newValue = operator.getAggregate(newMainAccumulator);
-			propagateAggregateResultUpdate(key, oldValue, newValue, timestamp);
+			propagateAggregateResultUpdate(key, oldValue.orElse(null), newValue, timestamp);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/subprojects/store-query-interpreter/src/test/java/tools/refinery/store/query/interpreter/AggregatorBatchingTest.java b/subprojects/store-query-interpreter/src/test/java/tools/refinery/store/query/interpreter/AggregatorBatchingTest.java
index 0bdd21489..2153d9e72 100644
--- a/subprojects/store-query-interpreter/src/test/java/tools/refinery/store/query/interpreter/AggregatorBatchingTest.java
+++ b/subprojects/store-query-interpreter/src/test/java/tools/refinery/store/query/interpreter/AggregatorBatchingTest.java
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 import tools.refinery.store.representation.Symbol;
 import tools.refinery.store.tuple.Tuple;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
@@ -38,6 +37,11 @@ class AggregatorBatchingTest {
 					personView.call(p1),
 					output.assign(valuesView.aggregate(new InstrumentedAggregator(), p1, Variable.of()))
 			));
+	private final Query<Integer> queryMax = Query.of(Integer.class, (builder, p1, output) -> builder
+			.clause(
+					personView.call(p1),
+					output.assign(valuesView.aggregate(new InstrumentedAggregatorMax(), p1, Variable.of()))
+			));
 
 	private int extractCount = 0;
 
@@ -48,6 +52,7 @@ void batchTest() {
 		var valuesInterpretation = model.getInterpretation(values);
 		var queryEngine = model.getAdapter(ModelQueryAdapter.class);
 		var resultSet = queryEngine.getResultSet(query);
+		var resultSetMax = queryEngine.getResultSet(queryMax);
 
 		assertThat(extractCount, is(1));
 
@@ -69,6 +74,11 @@ void batchTest() {
 				Tuple.of(1), Optional.of(0),
 				Tuple.of(2), Optional.empty()
 		), resultSet);
+		assertNullableResults(Map.of(
+				Tuple.of(0), Optional.of(3),
+				Tuple.of(1), Optional.of(1),
+				Tuple.of(2), Optional.empty()
+		), resultSetMax);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -124,7 +134,7 @@ private Model createModel() {
 		var store = ModelStore.builder()
 				.symbols(person, values)
 				.with(QueryInterpreterAdapter.builder()
-						.query(query))
+						.queries(query, queryMax))
 				.build();
 		return store.createEmptyModel();
 	}
@@ -185,4 +195,61 @@ public StatefulAggregate<Integer, Integer> deepCopy() {
 			return new InstrumentedAggregate(sum);
 		}
 	}
+
+	class InstrumentedAggregatorMax implements StatefulAggregator<Integer, Integer> {
+		@Override
+		public Class<Integer> getResultType() {
+			return Integer.class;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<Integer> getInputType() {
+			return Integer.class;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public StatefulAggregate<Integer, Integer> createEmptyAggregate() {
+			return new InstrumentedAggregateMax();
+		}
+	}
+	class InstrumentedAggregateMax implements StatefulAggregate<Integer, Integer> {
+		private final List<Integer> numbers;
+
+		public InstrumentedAggregateMax() {
+			this.numbers = new ArrayList<>();
+		}
+		public InstrumentedAggregateMax(List<Integer> numbers) {
+			this.numbers = new ArrayList<>();
+			this.numbers.addAll(numbers);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void add(Integer value) {
+			numbers.add(value);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void remove(Integer value) {
+			numbers.remove(value);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Integer getResult() {
+			if(numbers.isEmpty()){
+				return null;
+			} else {
+				return Collections.max(numbers);
+			}
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean isEmpty() {
+			return numbers.isEmpty();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public StatefulAggregate<Integer, Integer> deepCopy() {
+			return new InstrumentedAggregateMax(numbers);
+		}
+	}
 }