diff --git a/src/common/utils/date-utils.ts b/src/common/utils/date-utils.ts
index 33391c2..da63283 100644
--- a/src/common/utils/date-utils.ts
+++ b/src/common/utils/date-utils.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import { ANCHOR_ISO, MS_PER_DAY, PERIODS_PER_YEAR, PERIOD_DAYS } from "src/commo
 //ensures the week starts from sunday
 export function weekStartSunday(date_local: Date): Date {
     const start_date = new Date();
-    start_date.setDate(date_local.getDate() - date_local.getDay());
+    start_date.setDate(date_local.getUTCDate() - date_local.getUTCDay());
     return start_date;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/time-and-attendance/expenses/services/expense-upsert.service.ts b/src/time-and-attendance/expenses/services/expense-upsert.service.ts
index f666896..c7b4db8 100644
--- a/src/time-and-attendance/expenses/services/expense-upsert.service.ts
+++ b/src/time-and-attendance/expenses/services/expense-upsert.service.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { weekStartSunday, toStringFromDate, toDateFromString } from "src/common/utils/date-utils";
 import { EmailToIdResolver } from "src/common/mappers/email-id.mapper";
-import { expense_select } from "src/time-and-attendance/utils/selects.utils";
+import { expense_select, timesheet_select } from "src/time-and-attendance/utils/selects.utils";
 import { PrismaService } from "src/prisma/prisma.service";
 import { Injectable } from "@nestjs/common";
 import { Result } from "src/common/errors/result-error.factory";
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export class ExpenseUpsertService {
 
             //finds the timesheet using expense.date by finding the sunday
             const start_date = weekStartSunday(normed_expense.data.date);
+            
             const timesheet = await this.prisma.timesheets.findFirst({
                 where: { start_date, employee_id: employee_id.data },
                 select: { id: true, employee_id: true },
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export class ExpenseUpsertService {
 
             const timesheet = await this.prisma.timesheets.findUnique({
                 where: { id: dto.timesheet_id },
-                select: expense_select,
+                select: timesheet_select,
             });
             if (!timesheet) return { success: false, error: `Timesheet ${dto.timesheet_id} not found` }