From 1c377ed6344cf7dd0e62cea55ec0257493dff93f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gpt-engineer-app[bot]"
 <159125892+gpt-engineer-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:25:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

Co-authored-by: renee-png <262607627+renee-png@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/components/timer/header-timer.tsx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/timer/header-timer.tsx b/src/components/timer/header-timer.tsx
index 9ef5718..98031ba 100644
--- a/src/components/timer/header-timer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/timer/header-timer.tsx
@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ export function HeaderTimer() {
 
   const isFlatFee = selectedFee?.pricing_type === "flat";
 
+  // If a fee item has no rate (0), fall back to the case rate then the user's
+  // profile rate. Flat-fee items always use their own amount.
+  const feeRate = selectedFee && Number(selectedFee.amount) > 0 ? selectedFee.amount : null;
   const effectiveRate =
-    selectedFee?.amount ?? activeCase?.default_hourly_rate ?? profileRate ?? 0;
+    feeRate ?? activeCase?.default_hourly_rate ?? profileRate ?? 0;
 
   const handleSelectFee = (id: string) => {
     setFeeItemId(id);