diff --git a/app/Helpers/Helper.php b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
index 263204853c..a980b0efac 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Helper.php
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ class Helper
     {
 
         if (!$license->reassignable) {
-            $count = LicenseSeat::where('unavailable', '=', true)
+            $count = LicenseSeat::where('dead', '=', true)
                 ->where('license_id', '=', $license->id)
                 ->count();
             return $count;
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
index 2ed7097322..1017797937 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicenseSeatsController.php
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ class LicenseSeatsController extends Controller
             // nothing to update
             return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', $licenseSeat, trans('admin/licenses/message.update.success')));
         }
-
+        if( $touched && $licenseSeat->dead) {
+            return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('error', $licenseSeat, trans('admin/licenses/message.checkout.unavailable')));
+        }
         // the logging functions expect only one "target". if both asset and user are present in the request,
         // we simply let assets take precedence over users...
         if ($licenseSeat->isDirty('assigned_to')) {
@@ -137,6 +139,10 @@ class LicenseSeatsController extends Controller
 
             if ($is_checkin) {
                 $licenseSeat->logCheckin($target, $request->input('note'));
+                if(!$licenseSeat->license->ressignable){
+                    $licenseSeat->dead = 1;
+                    $licenseSeat->save();
+                }
 
                 return response()->json(Helper::formatStandardApiResponse('success', $licenseSeat, trans('admin/licenses/message.update.success')));
             }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
index 07b063af5e..9d61b5e2f1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Licenses/LicenseCheckinController.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class LicenseCheckinController extends Controller
         $licenseSeat->asset_id = null;
         $licenseSeat->notes = $request->input('notes');
         if (! $licenseSeat->license->reassignable) {
-            $licenseSeat->unavailable = 1;
+            $licenseSeat->dead = 1;
             $licenseSeat->notes .= "\n" . trans('admin/licenses/message.checkin.not_reassignable') . '.';
 
         }
diff --git a/app/Http/Transformers/LicenseSeatsTransformer.php b/app/Http/Transformers/LicenseSeatsTransformer.php
index f04c593393..55c95bb54b 100644
--- a/app/Http/Transformers/LicenseSeatsTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Http/Transformers/LicenseSeatsTransformer.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class LicenseSeatsTransformer
             'reassignable' => (bool) $seat->license->reassignable,
             'notes' => e($seat->notes),
             'user_can_checkout' => (($seat->assigned_to == '') && ($seat->asset_id == '')),
-            'disabled' => $seat->unavailable,
+            'disabled' => $seat->dead,
         ];
 
         if ($seat_count != 0) {
diff --git a/database/factories/LicenseSeatFactory.php b/database/factories/LicenseSeatFactory.php
index 2aa1c55f37..34caeb3038 100644
--- a/database/factories/LicenseSeatFactory.php
+++ b/database/factories/LicenseSeatFactory.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class LicenseSeatFactory extends Factory
     {
         return [
             'license_id' => License::factory(),
-            'unavailable' => 0,
+            'dead' => 0,
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_01_15_190348_adds_unavailable_to_license_seats_tables.php b/database/migrations/2025_01_15_190348_adds_unavailable_to_license_seats_tables.php
index b0ec692ea0..be123dc276 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2025_01_15_190348_adds_unavailable_to_license_seats_tables.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_01_15_190348_adds_unavailable_to_license_seats_tables.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ return new class extends Migration
     public function up(): void
     {
         Schema::table('license_seats', function (Blueprint $table) {
-           $table->addColumn('boolean', 'unavailable')->default(false)->after('assigned_to');
+           $table->addColumn('boolean', 'dead')->default(false)->after('assigned_to');
         });
     }
     /**
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ return new class extends Migration
      */
     public function down(): void
     {
-        Schema::table('license_seats_tables', function (Blueprint $table) {
-            $table->dropColumn('unavailable');
+        Schema::table('license_seats', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropColumn('dead');
         });
     }
 };
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Checkins/Ui/LicenseCheckinTest.php b/tests/Feature/Checkins/Ui/LicenseCheckinTest.php
index 093455c5e7..1a711306d1 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Checkins/Ui/LicenseCheckinTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Checkins/Ui/LicenseCheckinTest.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class LicenseCheckinTest extends TestCase
 
         $licenseSeat->refresh();
 
-        $this->assertEquals(1, $licenseSeat->unavailable);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $licenseSeat->dead);
     }
 
     public function testCannotCheckinLicenseThatIsNotAssigned()