diff --git a/src/core/services/PaymentService.ts b/src/core/services/PaymentService.ts
index 0021e46..d6935c5 100644
--- a/src/core/services/PaymentService.ts
+++ b/src/core/services/PaymentService.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@ import { toast } from 'vue-sonner'
 
 export interface PaymentResult {
   payment_hash: string
-  fee_msat: number
+  /**
+   * Routing fee in millisats, always positive.
+   *
+   * LNbits returns this as `fee`, not `fee_msat`, and signs it negative for
+   * outgoing payments (like `amount`). This interface previously declared
+   * `fee_msat: number`, a field the API never sends, so every consumer read
+   * `undefined` while the compiler vouched for a number.
+   */
+  feeMsat: number
   preimage: string
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +238,16 @@ export class PaymentService extends BaseService {
       throw new Error(errorMessage)
     }
 
-    return await response.json()
+    // Normalize at the boundary rather than handing the raw LNbits payload
+    // to callers: `fee` is signed millisats, and consumers all want a
+    // positive magnitude. Doing it here means no call site can pick the
+    // wrong field name or forget the sign.
+    const raw = await response.json()
+    return {
+      payment_hash: raw.payment_hash,
+      feeMsat: Math.abs(Number(raw.fee ?? 0)),
+      preimage: raw.preimage ?? ''
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -266,7 +283,7 @@ export class PaymentService extends BaseService {
       
       this.debug('Payment successful', {
         paymentHash: paymentResult.payment_hash,
-        feeMsat: paymentResult.fee_msat
+        feeMsat: paymentResult.feeMsat
       })
 
       // Show success notification if enabled
diff --git a/src/modules/events/services/LnbitsPaymentProvider.ts b/src/modules/events/services/LnbitsPaymentProvider.ts
index 140bad4..76fc968 100644
--- a/src/modules/events/services/LnbitsPaymentProvider.ts
+++ b/src/modules/events/services/LnbitsPaymentProvider.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ export class LnbitsPaymentProvider implements PaymentProvider {
     const data = await response.json()
     return {
       paymentHash: data.payment_hash,
-      feeMsat: data.fee_msat ?? 0,
+      // LNbits sends `fee` (signed millisats), never `fee_msat`. Reading the
+      // latter meant every payment recorded a zero fee.
+      feeMsat: Math.abs(Number(data.fee ?? 0)),
       preimage: data.preimage ?? '',
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/modules/market/composables/useLightningPayment.ts b/src/modules/market/composables/useLightningPayment.ts
index 0c1d790..0f4689f 100644
--- a/src/modules/market/composables/useLightningPayment.ts
+++ b/src/modules/market/composables/useLightningPayment.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export function useLightningPayment() {
             status: 'paid' as const,
             paidAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
             paymentHash: paymentResult.payment_hash,
-            feeMsat: paymentResult.fee_msat,
+            feeMsat: paymentResult.feeMsat,
             items: [...order.items], // Convert readonly to mutable
             shippingZone: order.shippingZone ? {
               ...order.shippingZone,
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function useLightningPayment() {
             status: 'paid' as const,
             paidAt: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
             paymentHash: result.payment_hash,
-            feeMsat: result.fee_msat,
+            feeMsat: result.feeMsat,
             items: [...order.items], // Convert readonly to mutable
             shippingZone: order.shippingZone ? {
               ...order.shippingZone,