# whittle-down: rate cannot be 0

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/whittle-down-rate-cannot-be-0/5167>\
**Category:** Bugabee\
**Created:** [April 1, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/whittle-down-rate-cannot-be-0/5167 "2019-04-01T21:53:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![phi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/phi/32/2586_2.png) [@phi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/phi)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/whittle-down-rate-cannot-be-0/5167/1 "2019-04-01T21:53:45Z")

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I tried to create a whittle-down goal **just now** and I kept getting this error:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/5/5a6de1742823560a7717b4f81551b3ee6082cce6.png)

I tried multiple times, typing in different values for both text fields, to no avail.

Eventually I went back to the “Create a new goal” screen and clicked whittle-down again, entered the same values and it worked. Took me to the next screen.