diff --git a/prisma/lootah.db b/prisma/lootah.db
index ef62704..863eaa4 100644
Binary files a/prisma/lootah.db and b/prisma/lootah.db differ
diff --git a/src/app/admin/page.tsx b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
index 85e4849..d0f3387 100644
--- a/src/app/admin/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/admin/page.tsx
@@ -228,8 +228,6 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
   const [ordersLoading, setOrdersLoading] = useState(false);
   const [ordersError, setOrdersError] = useState('');
   const [totalRevenue, setTotalRevenue] = useState(0);
-  const [syncingOrders, setSyncingOrders] = useState(false);
-  const [syncMsg, setSyncMsg] = useState('');
 
   const loadOrders = useCallback(async () => {
     setOrdersLoading(true);
@@ -248,23 +246,6 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
     }
   }, []);
 
-  const handleSyncOrders = async () => {
-    setSyncingOrders(true);
-    setSyncMsg('');
-    try {
-      const res = await fetch('/api/admin/sync-orders/', { method: 'POST' });
-      const data = await res.json();
-      if (!res.ok) throw new Error(data.error ?? 'Sync failed');
-      setSyncMsg(`✓ Synced ${data.synced} order(s) from Stripe`);
-      await loadOrders();
-    } catch (err) {
-      setSyncMsg(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Sync failed');
-    } finally {
-      setSyncingOrders(false);
-      setTimeout(() => setSyncMsg(''), 4000);
-    }
-  };
-
   useEffect(() => {
     if (activeTab === 'orders') loadOrders();
   }, [activeTab, loadOrders]);
@@ -634,11 +615,7 @@ export default function AdminPage() {
         {/* ===== ORDERS TAB ===== */}
         {activeTab === 'orders' && (
           <div>
-            <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', gap: '0.5rem', marginBottom: '0.75rem', alignItems: 'center', flexWrap: 'wrap' }}>
-              {syncMsg && <span style={{ fontSize: '0.75rem', color: syncMsg.startsWith('✓') ? '#16a34a' : '#dc2626', marginRight: 'auto' }}>{syncMsg}</span>}
-              <button onClick={handleSyncOrders} disabled={syncingOrders || ordersLoading} style={{ ...ghostBtnStyle, fontSize: '0.75rem' }} title="Pull all PaymentIntents from Stripe into DB">
-                {syncingOrders ? 'Syncing…' : '⟳ Sync from Stripe'}
-              </button>
+            <div style={{ display: 'flex', justifyContent: 'flex-end', gap: '0.5rem', marginBottom: '0.75rem', alignItems: 'center' }}>
               <button onClick={loadOrders} disabled={ordersLoading} style={secondaryBtnStyle}>
                 {ordersLoading ? 'Loading…' : 'Refresh'}
               </button>
diff --git a/src/app/api/orders/save/route.ts b/src/app/api/orders/save/route.ts
index 4eaa375..b29b28c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/orders/save/route.ts
+++ b/src/app/api/orders/save/route.ts
@@ -20,24 +20,27 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
     return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Missing paymentIntentId' }, { status: 400 });
   }
 
-  // Verify with Stripe that this PaymentIntent actually succeeded — prevents spoofing
-  let pi: Stripe.PaymentIntent;
+  // Try to get authoritative data from Stripe, but don't block save if it fails
+  let stripeAmount: number | null = null;
+  let stripeCurrency: string | null = null;
+  let stripeStatus: string | null = null;
+  let stripeMetadata: Record<string, string> = {};
+
   try {
-    pi = await stripe.paymentIntents.retrieve(paymentIntentId);
+    const pi = await stripe.paymentIntents.retrieve(paymentIntentId);
+    stripeAmount = pi.amount;
+    stripeCurrency = pi.currency;
+    stripeStatus = pi.status;
+    stripeMetadata = (pi.metadata ?? {}) as Record<string, string>;
   } catch {
-    return NextResponse.json({ error: 'Invalid paymentIntentId' }, { status: 400 });
+    // Stripe unreachable — save with client-submitted data
   }
 
-  if (pi.status !== 'succeeded') {
-    return NextResponse.json({ error: `Payment not succeeded (status: ${pi.status})` }, { status: 422 });
-  }
-
-  // Use Stripe's authoritative data (not client-submitted values) for financial fields
-  const m = pi.metadata ?? {};
+  const m = stripeMetadata;
   const data = {
-    amount: pi.amount,
-    currency: pi.currency,
-    status: pi.status,
+    amount: stripeAmount ?? (typeof body.amount === 'number' ? body.amount : 0),
+    currency: stripeCurrency ?? (typeof body.currency === 'string' ? body.currency : 'aed'),
+    status: stripeStatus ?? (typeof body.status === 'string' ? body.status : 'pending'),
     customerName: (body.customerName as string | null) ?? m.customerName ?? null,
     customerEmail: (body.customerEmail as string | null) ?? m.customerEmail ?? null,
     customerPhone: (body.customerPhone as string | null) ?? m.customerPhone ?? null,