diff --git a/docs/notebooks/import_catalogs.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/import_catalogs.ipynb
index c604205e..03708be7 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/import_catalogs.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/import_catalogs.ipynb
@@ -293,14 +293,14 @@
   "language_info": {
    "codemirror_mode": {
     "name": "ipython",
-    "version": 2
+    "version": 3
    },
    "file_extension": ".py",
    "mimetype": "text/x-python",
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
-   "pygments_lexer": "ipython2",
-   "version": "2.7.6"
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.10.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/ztf_bts-ngc.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/ztf_bts-ngc.ipynb
index 7bb0c585..b34891e8 100644
--- a/docs/notebooks/ztf_bts-ngc.ipynb
+++ b/docs/notebooks/ztf_bts-ngc.ipynb
@@ -173,7 +173,9 @@
     "    matched_df = matched.compute()\n",
     "\n",
     "# Let's output transient name, NGC name and angular distance between them\n",
-    "matched_df = matched_df[[\"IAUID_ztf\", \"Name_ngc\", \"_DIST\", \"RA_ztf\", \"Dec_ztf\"]].sort_values(by=[\"_DIST\"])\n",
+    "matched_df = matched_df[[\"IAUID_ztf\", \"Name_ngc\", \"_dist_arcsec\", \"RA_ztf\", \"Dec_ztf\"]].sort_values(\n",
+    "    by=[\"_dist_arcsec\"]\n",
+    ")\n",
     "matched_df"
    ]
   },
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.13"
+   "version": "3.10.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/from_dataframe_utils.py b/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/from_dataframe_utils.py
index b079e24f..b0135c5d 100644
--- a/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/from_dataframe_utils.py
+++ b/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/from_dataframe_utils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def _generate_dask_dataframe(
     Returns:
         The catalog's Dask Dataframe and its total number of rows.
     """
-    schema = pixel_dfs[0].iloc[:0, :].copy()
+    schema = pixel_dfs[0].iloc[:0, :].copy() if len(pixels) > 0 else []
     divisions = get_pixels_divisions(pixels)
     delayed_dfs = [delayed(df) for df in pixel_dfs]
     ddf = dd.from_delayed(delayed_dfs, meta=schema, divisions=divisions)
diff --git a/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/margin_catalog_generator.py b/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/margin_catalog_generator.py
index 7bf545ea..06009bda 100644
--- a/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/margin_catalog_generator.py
+++ b/src/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/margin_catalog_generator.py
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from typing import List
+from typing import Dict, List, Tuple
 
+import dask.dataframe as dd
 import healpy as hp
 import hipscat as hc
+import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
 from hipscat import pixel_math
 from hipscat.catalog import CatalogType
 from hipscat.catalog.margin_cache import MarginCacheCatalogInfo
 from hipscat.pixel_math import HealpixPixel
+from hipscat.pixel_math.healpix_pixel_function import get_pixel_argsort
 
 from lsdb import Catalog
 from lsdb.catalog.margin_catalog import MarginCatalog
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ def __init__(
         margin_order: int | None = -1,
         margin_threshold: float = 5.0,
     ) -> None:
-        """Initializes a MarginCatalogGenerator
+        """Initialize a MarginCatalogGenerator
 
         Args:
             catalog (Catalog): The LSDB catalog to generate margins for
@@ -40,11 +43,19 @@ def __init__(
         self.margin_order = self._set_margin_order(margin_order)
 
     def _set_margin_order(self, margin_order: int | None) -> int:
-        """Set the order of the margin cache to be generated.
-        If not provided, the margin will be of an order that
-        is higher than that of the original catalog by 1"""
-        highest_order = self.hc_structure.partition_info.get_highest_order()
-        margin_pixel_k = highest_order + 1
+        """Calculate the order of the margin cache to be generated. If not provided
+        the margin will be greater than that of the original catalog by 1.
+
+        Args:
+            margin_order (int): The order to generate the margin cache with
+
+        Returns:
+            The validated order of the margin catalog.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError, if the provided margin order is lower than that of the catalog.
+        """
+        margin_pixel_k = self.hc_structure.partition_info.get_highest_order() + 1
         if margin_order is None or margin_order == -1:
             margin_order = margin_pixel_k
         elif margin_order < margin_pixel_k:
@@ -53,73 +64,57 @@ def _set_margin_order(self, margin_order: int | None) -> int:
             )
         return margin_order
 
-    def create_catalog(self) -> MarginCatalog:
+    def create_catalog(self) -> MarginCatalog | None:
         """Create a margin catalog for another pre-computed catalog
 
         Returns:
-            Margin catalog object for the provided catalog
+            Margin catalog object, or None if the margin is empty.
         """
         ddf, ddf_pixel_map, total_rows = self._generate_dask_df_and_map()
-        margin_catalog_info = self._create_catalog_info(total_rows)
         margin_pixels = list(ddf_pixel_map.keys())
+        if total_rows == 0:
+            return None
+        margin_catalog_info = self._create_catalog_info(total_rows)
         margin_structure = hc.catalog.MarginCatalog(margin_catalog_info, margin_pixels)
         return MarginCatalog(ddf, ddf_pixel_map, margin_structure)
 
-    def _generate_dask_df_and_map(self):
+    def _generate_dask_df_and_map(self) -> Tuple[dd.DataFrame, Dict[HealpixPixel, int], int]:
         """Create the Dask Dataframe containing the data points in the margins
-        for the catalog, as well as the mapping of those HEALPix pixels to
-        HEALPix Dataframes.
+        for the catalog as well as the mapping of those HEALPix to Dataframes
 
         Returns:
-            Tuple containing the Dask Dataframe, the mapping of HEALPix pixels
-            to the respective Pandas Dataframes and the total number of rows.
+            Tuple containing the Dask Dataframe, the mapping of margin HEALPix
+            to the respective partitions and the total number of rows.
         """
-        # Find the margin pairs of pixels for the catalog
         healpix_pixels = self.hc_structure.get_healpix_pixels()
         negative_pixels = self.hc_structure.generate_negative_tree_pixels()
         combined_pixels = healpix_pixels + negative_pixels
         margin_pairs_df = self._find_margin_pixel_pairs(combined_pixels)
 
-        # Find in which pixels the data is located in the margin catalog
-        self.dataframe["margin_pixel"] = hp.ang2pix(
-            2**self.margin_order,
-            self.dataframe[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.ra_column].values,
-            self.dataframe[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.dec_column].values,
-            lonlat=True,
-            nest=True,
-        )
-        constrained_data = self.dataframe.reset_index().merge(margin_pairs_df, on="margin_pixel")
-
-        pixel_dfs = []
-        ddf_pixel_map = {}
-
-        # For each partition, filter the data according to the threshold
-        partition_dfs = constrained_data.groupby(["partition_order", "partition_pixel"])
+        # Compute points for each margin pixels
+        margins_pixel_df = self._create_margins(margin_pairs_df)
+        pixels, partitions = list(margins_pixel_df.keys()), list(margins_pixel_df.values())
 
-        for i, (_, partition) in enumerate(partition_dfs):
-            order = partition["partition_order"].iloc[0]
-            pix = partition["partition_pixel"].iloc[0]
-            pixel = HealpixPixel(order, pix)
-            df = self._get_partition_data_in_margin(partition, pixel)
-            pixel_dfs.append(_format_margin_partition_dataframe(df))
-            ddf_pixel_map[pixel] = i
+        # Generate pixel map ordered by _hipscat_index
+        pixel_order = get_pixel_argsort(pixels)
+        ordered_pixels = np.asarray(pixels)[pixel_order]
+        ordered_partitions = [partitions[i] for i in pixel_order]
+        ddf_pixel_map = {pixel: index for index, pixel in enumerate(ordered_pixels)}
 
-        # Generate Dask Dataframe with original schema
-        pixel_list = list(ddf_pixel_map.keys())
-        ddf, total_rows = _generate_dask_dataframe(pixel_dfs, pixel_list)
+        # Generate the dask dataframe with the pixels and partitions
+        ddf, total_rows = _generate_dask_dataframe(ordered_partitions, ordered_pixels)
         return ddf, ddf_pixel_map, total_rows
 
     def _find_margin_pixel_pairs(self, pixels: List[HealpixPixel]) -> pd.DataFrame:
         """Calculate the pairs of catalog pixels and their margin pixels
 
         Args:
-            pixels (List[HealpixPixel]): The list of HEALPix pixels to
-                compute margin pixels for. These include the catalog
-                pixels as well as the negative pixels.
+            pixels (List[HealpixPixel]): The list of HEALPix to compute margin pixels for.
+                These include the catalog pixels as well as the negative pixels.
 
         Returns:
-            A Pandas Dataframe with the many-to-many mapping between the
-            partitions and the respective margin pixels.
+            A Pandas Dataframe with the many-to-many mapping between each catalog HEALPix
+            and the respective margin pixels.
         """
         n_orders = []
         part_pix = []
@@ -140,40 +135,85 @@ def _find_margin_pixel_pairs(self, pixels: List[HealpixPixel]) -> pd.DataFrame:
             columns=["partition_order", "partition_pixel", "margin_pixel"],
         )
 
-    def _get_partition_data_in_margin(self, partition_df: pd.DataFrame, pixel: HealpixPixel) -> pd.DataFrame:
+    def _create_margins(self, margin_pairs_df: pd.DataFrame) -> Dict[HealpixPixel, pd.DataFrame]:
+        """Compute the margins for all the pixels in the catalog
+
+        Args:
+            margin_pairs_df (pd.DataFrame): A DataFrame containing all the combinations
+                of catalog pixels and respective margin pixels
+
+        Returns:
+            A dictionary mapping each margin pixel to the respective DataFrame.
+        """
+        margin_pixel_df_map: Dict[HealpixPixel, pd.DataFrame] = {}
+        self.dataframe["margin_pixel"] = hp.ang2pix(
+            2**self.margin_order,
+            self.dataframe[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.ra_column].values,
+            self.dataframe[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.dec_column].values,
+            lonlat=True,
+            nest=True,
+        )
+        constrained_data = self.dataframe.reset_index().merge(margin_pairs_df, on="margin_pixel")
+        if len(constrained_data):
+            constrained_data.groupby(["partition_order", "partition_pixel"]).apply(
+                self._append_margin_df, margin_pixel_df_map
+            )
+        return margin_pixel_df_map
+
+    def _append_margin_df(
+        self, partition_df: pd.DataFrame, margin_pixel_df_map: Dict[HealpixPixel, pd.DataFrame]
+    ):
+        """Filter margin data points and create the partition final Dataframe
+
+        Args:
+            partition_df (pd.DataFrame): Catalog data points for the margin pixel
+            margin_pixel_df_map (Dict[HealpixPixel, pd.DataFrame]): A dictionary mapping
+                each margin pixel to the respective DataFrame. This dictionary is updated
+                on each call to this method.
+        """
+        partition_order = partition_df["partition_order"].iloc[0]
+        partition_pixel = partition_df["partition_pixel"].iloc[0]
+        margin_pixel = HealpixPixel(partition_order, partition_pixel)
+        df = self._get_data_in_margin(partition_df, margin_pixel)
+        if len(df):
+            df = _format_margin_partition_dataframe(df)
+            margin_pixel_df_map[margin_pixel] = df
+
+    def _get_data_in_margin(self, partition_df: pd.DataFrame, margin_pixel: HealpixPixel) -> pd.DataFrame:
         """Calculate the margin boundaries for the HEALPix and include the points
-        on the margins according to the specified threshold.
+        on the margin according to the specified threshold
 
         Args:
-            partition_df (pd.DataFrame): The partition dataframe
-            pixel (HealpixPixel): The HEALPix pixel to get the margin points for
+            partition_df (pd.DataFrame): The margin pixel data
+            margin_pixel (HealpixPixel): The margin HEALPix
 
         Returns:
-            A Pandas Dataframe with the points of the partition that
-            are within the specified margin.
+            A Pandas Dataframe with the points of the partition that are within
+            the specified threshold in the margin.
         """
         margin_mask = pixel_math.check_margin_bounds(
             partition_df[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.ra_column].values,
             partition_df[self.hc_structure.catalog_info.dec_column].values,
-            pixel.order,
-            pixel.pixel,
+            margin_pixel.order,
+            margin_pixel.pixel,
             self.margin_threshold,
         )
-        return partition_df.loc[margin_mask]
+        return partition_df.iloc[margin_mask]
 
     def _create_catalog_info(self, total_rows: int) -> MarginCacheCatalogInfo:
-        """Creates the margin catalog info object
+        """Create the margin catalog info object
 
         Args:
-            total_rows: The number of elements in the margin catalog
+            total_rows (int): The number of elements in the margin catalog
 
         Returns:
-            The margin catalog info object
+            The margin catalog info object.
         """
+        catalog_name = self.hc_structure.catalog_info.catalog_name
         return MarginCacheCatalogInfo(
-            catalog_name=f"{self.hc_structure.catalog_info.catalog_name}_margin",
+            catalog_name=f"{catalog_name}_margin",
             catalog_type=CatalogType.MARGIN,
             total_rows=total_rows,
-            primary_catalog=self.hc_structure.catalog_info.catalog_name,
+            primary_catalog=catalog_name,
             margin_threshold=self.margin_threshold,
         )
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 7f3d978f..605a3711 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 SMALL_SKY_DIR_NAME = "small_sky"
 SMALL_SKY_LEFT_XMATCH_NAME = "small_sky_left_xmatch"
 SMALL_SKY_SOURCE_MARGIN_NAME = "small_sky_source_margin"
+SMALL_SKY_ORDER3_SOURCE_MARGIN_NAME = "small_sky_order3_source_margin"
 SMALL_SKY_XMATCH_NAME = "small_sky_xmatch"
 SMALL_SKY_XMATCH_MARGIN_NAME = "small_sky_xmatch_margin"
 SMALL_SKY_TO_XMATCH_NAME = "small_sky_to_xmatch"
@@ -181,6 +182,11 @@ def small_sky_source_margin_catalog(test_data_dir):
     return lsdb.read_hipscat(os.path.join(test_data_dir, SMALL_SKY_SOURCE_MARGIN_NAME))
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def small_sky_order3_source_margin_catalog(test_data_dir):
+    return lsdb.read_hipscat(os.path.join(test_data_dir, SMALL_SKY_ORDER3_SOURCE_MARGIN_NAME))
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def xmatch_expected_dir(test_data_dir):
     return os.path.join(test_data_dir, "raw", "xmatch_expected")
diff --git a/tests/data/generate_data.ipynb b/tests/data/generate_data.ipynb
index 0549b5ef..a803be91 100644
--- a/tests/data/generate_data.ipynb
+++ b/tests/data/generate_data.ipynb
@@ -224,6 +224,47 @@
     "runner.pipeline_with_client(args, client)"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "### small_sky_order3_source_margin\n",
+    "\n",
+    "This one is similar to the previous margin catalogs but it is generated from a source catalog of order 3."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "args = ImportArguments(\n",
+    "    input_file_list=[\"raw/small_sky_source/small_sky_source.csv\"],\n",
+    "    output_path=\".\",\n",
+    "    file_reader=\"csv\",\n",
+    "    ra_column=\"source_ra\",\n",
+    "    dec_column=\"source_dec\",\n",
+    "    catalog_type=\"source\",\n",
+    "    output_artifact_name=\"small_sky_order3_source\",\n",
+    "    constant_healpix_order=3,\n",
+    "    overwrite=True,\n",
+    "    tmp_dir=tmp_dir,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "runner.pipeline_with_client(args, client)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "args = MarginCacheArguments(\n",
+    "    input_catalog_path=\"small_sky_order3_source\",\n",
+    "    output_path=\".\",\n",
+    "    output_artifact_name=\"small_sky_order3_source_margin\",\n",
+    "    margin_threshold=300,\n",
+    "    margin_order=7,\n",
+    "    overwrite=True,\n",
+    "    tmp_dir=tmp_dir,\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "runner.pipeline_with_client(args, client)"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "markdown",
    "metadata": {},
@@ -434,13 +475,6 @@
     "tmp_path.cleanup()\n",
     "client.close()"
    ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": []
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
@@ -459,7 +493,7 @@
    "name": "python",
    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.10.13"
+   "version": "3.10.12"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
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diff --git a/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/_common_metadata b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/_common_metadata
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index 00000000..340931ce
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diff --git a/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/catalog_info.json b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/catalog_info.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..502973d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/catalog_info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "catalog_name": "small_sky_order3_source_margin",
+    "catalog_type": "margin",
+    "total_rows": 1025,
+    "primary_catalog": "small_sky_order3_source",
+    "margin_threshold": 300
+}
diff --git a/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/partition_info.csv b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/partition_info.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f79990e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/partition_info.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Norder,Npix,Dir
+3,264,0
+3,707,0
+3,708,0
+3,709,0
+3,710,0
+3,713,0
+3,715,0
+3,716,0
+3,717,0
+3,718,0
+3,719,0
+3,726,0
+3,728,0
+3,729,0
+3,730,0
+3,732,0
+3,733,0
+3,734,0
+3,739,0
+3,740,0
+3,741,0
+3,742,0
+3,743,0
+3,745,0
+3,747,0
+3,748,0
+3,750,0
+3,752,0
+3,753,0
+3,754,0
+3,755,0
+2,189,0
+3,760,0
diff --git a/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/provenance_info.json b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/provenance_info.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62211d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/data/small_sky_order3_source_margin/provenance_info.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "catalog_name": "small_sky_order3_source_margin",
+    "catalog_type": "margin",
+    "total_rows": 1025,
+    "primary_catalog": "small_sky_order3_source",
+    "margin_threshold": 300,
+    "version": "0.2.7.dev15+g85ec4a0",
+    "generation_date": "2024.03.08",
+    "tool_args": {
+        "tool_name": "hipscat_import",
+        "version": "0.2.5.dev8+g9d0bfc4",
+        "runtime_args": {
+            "catalog_name": "small_sky_order3_source_margin",
+            "output_path": ".",
+            "output_artifact_name": "small_sky_order3_source_margin",
+            "tmp_dir": "/var/folders/x4/rmzh8l_s0zxc74nwr72z12340000gn/T/tmpuqum4py3",
+            "overwrite": true,
+            "dask_tmp": "",
+            "dask_n_workers": 1,
+            "dask_threads_per_worker": 1,
+            "catalog_path": "./small_sky_order3_source_margin",
+            "tmp_path": "/var/folders/x4/rmzh8l_s0zxc74nwr72z12340000gn/T/tmpuqum4py3/small_sky_order3_source_margin/intermediate",
+            "input_catalog_path": "small_sky_order3_source",
+            "margin_threshold": 300,
+            "margin_order": 7
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/test_from_dataframe.py b/tests/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/test_from_dataframe.py
index 56cc764f..cb34f4a8 100644
--- a/tests/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/test_from_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/lsdb/loaders/dataframe/test_from_dataframe.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def test_catalog_pixels_nested_ordering(small_sky_source_df):
     npt.assert_array_equal(argsort, np.arange(0, 14))
 
 
-def test_from_dataframe_sky_source_with_margins(small_sky_source_df, small_sky_source_margin_catalog):
+def test_from_dataframe_small_sky_source_with_margins(small_sky_source_df, small_sky_source_margin_catalog):
     catalog = lsdb.from_dataframe(
         small_sky_source_df,
         ra_column="source_ra",
@@ -179,17 +179,49 @@ def test_from_dataframe_sky_source_with_margins(small_sky_source_df, small_sky_s
         highest_order=2,
         threshold=3000,
         margin_order=8,
-        margin_threshold=180.0,
+        margin_threshold=180,
     )
+
     assert catalog.margin is not None
     assert isinstance(catalog.margin, MarginCatalog)
+    assert catalog.margin.get_healpix_pixels() == small_sky_source_margin_catalog.get_healpix_pixels()
+
+    # The points of this margin catalog are present in one partition only
+    # so we are able to perform the comparison between the computed results
     pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(
-        small_sky_source_margin_catalog.compute(),
-        catalog.margin.compute(),
+        catalog.margin.compute().sort_index(),
+        small_sky_source_margin_catalog.compute().sort_index(),
         check_like=True,
     )
 
 
+def test_from_dataframe_small_sky_order3_source_with_margins(
+    small_sky_source_df, small_sky_order3_source_margin_catalog
+):
+    catalog = lsdb.from_dataframe(
+        small_sky_source_df,
+        ra_column="source_ra",
+        dec_column="source_dec",
+        lowest_order=3,
+        highest_order=3,
+        margin_order=7,
+        margin_threshold=300,
+    )
+
+    assert catalog.margin is not None
+    assert isinstance(catalog.margin, MarginCatalog)
+    assert catalog.margin.get_healpix_pixels() == small_sky_order3_source_margin_catalog.get_healpix_pixels()
+
+    # There are points in the catalog which are present in several margin pixel partitions,
+    # so we need to compare each pixel-partition pair
+    for pixel in small_sky_order3_source_margin_catalog.get_healpix_pixels():
+        partition_1 = small_sky_order3_source_margin_catalog.get_partition(pixel.order, pixel.pixel)
+        partition_2 = catalog.margin.get_partition(pixel.order, pixel.pixel)
+        pd.testing.assert_frame_equal(
+            partition_1.compute().sort_index(), partition_2.compute().sort_index(), check_like=True
+        )
+
+
 def test_from_dataframe_invalid_margin_order(small_sky_source_df):
     with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="margin_order"):
         lsdb.from_dataframe(
@@ -199,3 +231,14 @@ def test_from_dataframe_invalid_margin_order(small_sky_source_df):
             lowest_order=2,
             margin_order=1,
         )
+
+
+def test_from_dataframe_margin_is_empty(small_sky_order1_df):
+    catalog = lsdb.from_dataframe(
+        small_sky_order1_df,
+        catalog_name="small_sky_order1",
+        catalog_type="object",
+        highest_order=5,
+        threshold=100,
+    )
+    assert catalog.margin is None