> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.budgetbandit.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cover overspending > Fix overspending in Budget Bandit: what a red, negative category means and how to bring it back to zero. When a category's Available goes below zero, you overspent it — you spent more than you assigned. Budget Bandit shows you the amount and where it came from, and covering it is one move. ## What the colors mean The Available amount on a category is color-coded. | Color | Meaning | | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Green** | Money left to spend in this category. | | **Gray** | Exactly zero — fully spent, nothing left. | | **Red** | Cash overspending. You spent cash you did not budget, and the money has already left your accounts. | | **Amber** | Credit overspending. You spent on a credit card without budgeting for it. No cash has left your accounts yet — the card's Payment category is now short by that amount. | The split between red and amber matters. Red is money already gone. Amber is a debt you took on by putting it on a card. Both need covering, but only red has already hit your account balances. ## Cover it by moving money in The fix for any overspent category is to move money into it from a category that came in under. A popover opens, pre-filled with the exact amount you are short. Pick a category with green Available you are willing to spend down. The overspent category returns to zero. The category you pulled from drops by the same amount. Ready to Assign is untouched. You can also cover overspending by assigning more from Ready to Assign — type a larger number into the category's Assigned cell. Use this when you have idle cash rather than another category to raid. ## Credit overspending is different If the overspending is amber, you spent on a credit card without budgeting for it. Covering it does two things at once: the category returns to zero, and the card's **Payment** category gains the same amount, because that spending is now backed by real money and safe to pay. Until you cover it, the card's Payment category stays short. See [The Payment category is red](/credit-cards/payment-category-is-red). ## What happens if you leave it * **Cash overspending (red)** rolls forward. The negative carries into next month's category until you cover it, so it keeps reminding you. * **Credit overspending (amber)** does not roll into next month's spending category. Instead the claim stays on the card's Payment category as an underfunded gap, which lasts until you budget for it or pay the card. Leaving overspending uncovered means your budget no longer adds up. A working budget has no red categories at month's end — every dollar you spent was a dollar you had. ## Related The move-money tool in full. Credit overspending and the safe-to-pay number. The funded-portion model behind the amber color. Common budgeting questions answered.