Why does the power series form of the exponential equal 0 when evaluated at 0?

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Since $e$ is a real number I know that $e^0 = 1$, but when I enter $z=0$ into the power series definition of $e^z$ I get an output of $0$. Am I doing something wrong?

$$e^z = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{1}{n!}z^n$$

Setting $z=0$:

$$e^0 = \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{1}{n!}0^n = \sum_{n=0}^\infty 0 = 0$$

What have I done wrong?