diff --git a/http/budgeting.go b/http/budgeting.go
index b4579c8..1a2cee6 100644
--- a/http/budgeting.go
+++ b/http/budgeting.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (h *Handler) budgeting(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// skip everything in the future
-	categoriesWithBalance, added, assigned, err := h.calculateBalances(c, budgetUUID, firstOfNextMonth, firstOfMonth, categories, cumultativeBalances)
+	categoriesWithBalance, moneyUsed, err := h.calculateBalances(c, budgetUUID, firstOfNextMonth, firstOfMonth, categories, cumultativeBalances)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (h *Handler) budgeting(c *gin.Context) {
 		if cat.ID != data.Budget.IncomeCategoryID {
 			continue
 		}
-		availableBalance = -assigned - added
+		availableBalance = moneyUsed
 
 		for _, bal := range cumultativeBalances {
 			if bal.CategoryID != cat.ID {
@@ -123,11 +123,10 @@ func (h *Handler) budgeting(c *gin.Context) {
 	c.HTML(http.StatusOK, "budgeting.html", d)
 }
 
-func (h *Handler) calculateBalances(c *gin.Context, budgetUUID uuid.UUID, firstOfNextMonth time.Time, firstOfMonth time.Time, categories []postgres.GetCategoriesRow, cumultativeBalances []postgres.GetCumultativeBalancesRow) ([]CategoryWithBalance, float64, float64, error) {
+func (h *Handler) calculateBalances(c *gin.Context, budgetUUID uuid.UUID, firstOfNextMonth time.Time, firstOfMonth time.Time, categories []postgres.GetCategoriesRow, cumultativeBalances []postgres.GetCumultativeBalancesRow) ([]CategoryWithBalance, float64, error) {
 	categoriesWithBalance := []CategoryWithBalance{}
 
-	var added float64 = 0
-	var assigned float64 = 0
+	var moneyUsed float64 = 0
 	for i := range categories {
 		cat := &categories[i]
 		categoryWithBalance := CategoryWithBalance{
@@ -142,11 +141,11 @@ func (h *Handler) calculateBalances(c *gin.Context, budgetUUID uuid.UUID, firstO
 				continue
 			}
 
-			assigned += bal.Assignments.GetFloat64()
+			moneyUsed -= bal.Assignments.GetFloat64()
 			categoryWithBalance.Available += bal.Assignments.GetFloat64()
 			categoryWithBalance.Available += bal.Transactions.GetFloat64()
 			if categoryWithBalance.Available < 0 && bal.Date.Before(firstOfMonth) {
-				added -= categoryWithBalance.Available
+				moneyUsed += categoryWithBalance.Available
 				categoryWithBalance.Available = 0
 			}
 
@@ -161,5 +160,5 @@ func (h *Handler) calculateBalances(c *gin.Context, budgetUUID uuid.UUID, firstO
 
 		categoriesWithBalance = append(categoriesWithBalance, categoryWithBalance)
 	}
-	return categoriesWithBalance, added, assigned, nil
+	return categoriesWithBalance, moneyUsed, nil
 }