From ca6085a2b2dec1de37c09819e2b9f720b1174961 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 16:24:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

Co-authored-by: renee-png <262607627+renee-png@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/components/cases/time-tab.tsx | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/cases/time-tab.tsx b/src/components/cases/time-tab.tsx
index 5232bf0..ae88e15 100644
--- a/src/components/cases/time-tab.tsx
+++ b/src/components/cases/time-tab.tsx
@@ -186,9 +186,14 @@ export function CaseTimeTab({ caseRecord, onInvoice }: CaseTimeTabProps) {
                     setSelectedFeeId(v);
                     const fee = fees.find((f) => f.id === v);
                     if (fee) {
+                      // If the fee item has no rate set (0), fall back to the
+                      // case's default rate or the user's profile hourly rate.
+                      const fallback =
+                        caseRecord.default_hourly_rate ?? profileRate ?? 0;
+                      const rate = Number(fee.amount) > 0 ? fee.amount : fallback;
                       setForm((f) => ({
                         ...f,
-                        hourly_rate: String(fee.amount),
+                        hourly_rate: rate ? String(rate) : f.hourly_rate,
                         billable: fee.billable,
                         description: fee.description || fee.name,
                       }));