# Cannot set reminder time after deadline

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/cannot-set-reminder-time-after-deadline/5158>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [March 30, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/cannot-set-reminder-time-after-deadline/5158 "2019-03-30T20:57:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/cannot-set-reminder-time-after-deadline/5158/1 "2019-03-30T20:57:01Z")

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I get the error message

“There was an error updating your reminder settings”

when I try to change the reminder start time after the deadline for a goal with deadline 2pm.

I want the reminders to start after 2pm on the day before, so for a goal with deadline 2pm, I put in:

start alerts: 19:00  
lead days: 1

But it will not let me enter this.

**Steps to reproduce:**

1. Create goal with deadline 2 pm
2. Set “start alerts” after 2 pm

**Expected behavior:** interface sets “start alerts” time to the time I put in

**Actual behavior:** error message “There was an error updating your reminder settings for Goal X”

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**Author:** ![narthur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/narthur/32/5113_2.png) [@narthur](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/narthur)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/cannot-set-reminder-time-after-deadline/5158/2 "2020-08-29T11:02:53Z")

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I’m running into this error, too. I have plenty of buffer on the goal, so the error isn’t because I’m on an emergency day. I’m trying to set alerts to 9am with 1 lead day, and deadline to 8am. But it keeps giving me an error, even when I set the alerts and lead days first and then try to set the deadline.

Is there a fix for this? If not, what’s the closest I can get to my desired schedule?