## TL;DR

My fal account shows 50 credits but I get Not enough credits to use whenever I try to run anything. I have not run a single job yet, so the balance should be untouched.

## Steps

1. My fal account shows 50 credits but I get Not enough credits to use whenever I try to run anything. What is going on? I just signed up and the 50 credits were granted yesterday. I have not run a single job yet, so the balance should be untouched.

2. This is a known issue with the account unlocking mechanism, not your actual balance. The team unlocked the account manually and it worked after that. If you hit this, reach out to fal support and they can unlock your account while they investigate what went wrong.

## When to use

You are seeing this: I just signed up and the 50 credits were granted yesterday. Use this skill when you run into "fal: Not enough credits to use despite having credits".

## When not to use

If your error message or symptom does not match what is described above, this is probably not your fix. Search for your exact error text instead of forcing this one to fit.

## Versions

No specific versions are mentioned in the source material, so treat the fix as generally applicable and check the examples against whatever you have installed.

## Why this happens

My fal account shows 50 credits but I get Not enough credits to use whenever I try to run anything.