From 129c401d212930f8b317c14390c9e44998dfb516 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stuart Ferguson <stuart_ferguson1@btinternet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:06:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] minor bug fix

---
 EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/ReportingManager.cs | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/ReportingManager.cs b/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/ReportingManager.cs
index 2f6641a..0f9f12a 100644
--- a/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/ReportingManager.cs
+++ b/EstateReportingAPI.BusinessLogic/ReportingManager.cs
@@ -1338,17 +1338,22 @@ public async Task<Result<TodaysSettlement>> GetTodaysSettlement(SettlementQuerie
             // Get the settleed fees summary
             DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection summary = await BuildSettlementSummaryQuery(query).SingleOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
 
-            return new DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection { SettledCount = summary.SettledCount, SettledValue = summary.SettledValue, UnSettledCount = summary.UnSettledCount, UnSettledValue = summary.UnSettledValue };
+            if (summary == null)
+                return new DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection();
+
+        return new DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection { SettledCount = summary.SettledCount, SettledValue = summary.SettledValue, UnSettledCount = summary.UnSettledCount, UnSettledValue = summary.UnSettledValue };
         }
 
         private async Task<DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection> GetSettlementSummary(
             IQueryable<DatabaseProjections.TodaySettlementTransactionProjection> query,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
-
             // Get the settleed fees summary
             DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection summary = await BuildSettlementSummaryQuery(query).SingleOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
 
+            if (summary == null)
+                return new DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection();
+
             return new DatabaseProjections.SettlementGroupProjection
             {
                 SettledCount = summary.SettledCount,