diff --git a/includes/Api/ShippingController.php b/includes/Api/ShippingController.php
index 85fc526..eb90ef9 100644
--- a/includes/Api/ShippingController.php
+++ b/includes/Api/ShippingController.php
@@ -101,19 +101,22 @@ class ShippingController extends WP_REST_Controller {
 					// Get fresh settings from database
 					$method->init_instance_settings();
 					
-					// Debug: Check BOTH sources of enabled status
+					// CRITICAL: The enabled property comes from init_settings, not init_instance_settings
+					// We need to check the actual settings property
+					$settings = get_option( $method->get_instance_option_key(), array() );
+					$is_enabled = isset( $settings['enabled'] ) && $settings['enabled'] === 'yes';
+					
+					// Debug: Check ALL sources of enabled status
 					error_log( sprintf( 
-						'[WooNooW] Zone %d Method %s (instance %d): $method->enabled = "%s", instance_settings["enabled"] = "%s"',
+						'[WooNooW] Zone %d Method %s (instance %d): $method->enabled = "%s", instance_settings["enabled"] = "%s", DB option["enabled"] = "%s"',
 						$zone_data['id'],
 						$method->id,
 						$method->instance_id,
 						isset( $method->enabled ) ? $method->enabled : 'NOT SET',
-						isset( $method->instance_settings['enabled'] ) ? $method->instance_settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET'
+						isset( $method->instance_settings['enabled'] ) ? $method->instance_settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET',
+						isset( $settings['enabled'] ) ? $settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET'
 					) );
 					
-					// Use $method->enabled as the source of truth (this is what WooCommerce uses)
-					$is_enabled = isset( $method->enabled ) && $method->enabled === 'yes';
-					
 					$rate = array(
 						'id'          => $method->id . ':' . $method->instance_id,
 						'instance_id' => $method->instance_id,
@@ -157,18 +160,20 @@ class ShippingController extends WP_REST_Controller {
 				// Get fresh settings from database
 				$method->init_instance_settings();
 				
-				// Debug: Check BOTH sources of enabled status
+				// CRITICAL: Read directly from database option
+				$settings = get_option( $method->get_instance_option_key(), array() );
+				$is_enabled = isset( $settings['enabled'] ) && $settings['enabled'] === 'yes';
+				
+				// Debug: Check ALL sources of enabled status
 				error_log( sprintf( 
-					'[WooNooW] Zone 0 (Rest of World) Method %s (instance %d): $method->enabled = "%s", instance_settings["enabled"] = "%s"',
+					'[WooNooW] Zone 0 (Rest of World) Method %s (instance %d): $method->enabled = "%s", instance_settings["enabled"] = "%s", DB option["enabled"] = "%s"',
 					$method->id,
 					$method->instance_id,
 					isset( $method->enabled ) ? $method->enabled : 'NOT SET',
-					isset( $method->instance_settings['enabled'] ) ? $method->instance_settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET'
+					isset( $method->instance_settings['enabled'] ) ? $method->instance_settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET',
+					isset( $settings['enabled'] ) ? $settings['enabled'] : 'NOT SET'
 				) );
 				
-				// Use $method->enabled as the source of truth (this is what WooCommerce uses)
-				$is_enabled = isset( $method->enabled ) && $method->enabled === 'yes';
-				
 				$rate = array(
 					'id'          => $method->id . ':' . $method->instance_id,
 					'instance_id' => $method->instance_id,
@@ -256,25 +261,24 @@ class ShippingController extends WP_REST_Controller {
 					// Debug logging
 					error_log( sprintf( '[WooNooW] Toggling shipping method %s (instance %d) to %s', $method->id, $instance_id, $enabled ? 'enabled' : 'disabled' ) );
 
-					// Get current settings
-					$method->init_instance_settings();
+					// Get current settings DIRECTLY from database (not from cached instance_settings)
+					$option_key = $method->get_instance_option_key();
+					$current_settings = get_option( $option_key, array() );
 					
-					// Debug: Log current state from BOTH sources
-					error_log( sprintf( '[WooNooW] Current $method->enabled: %s, instance_settings["enabled"]: %s', 
-						isset( $method->enabled ) ? $method->enabled : 'not set',
-						isset( $method->instance_settings['enabled'] ) ? $method->instance_settings['enabled'] : 'not set'
+					// Debug: Log current state from database
+					error_log( sprintf( '[WooNooW] Current DB option[enabled]: %s', 
+						isset( $current_settings['enabled'] ) ? $current_settings['enabled'] : 'not set'
 					) );
 
-					// Update the settings array with new enabled value
+					// Update the enabled value in the settings array
 					$new_enabled_value = $enabled ? 'yes' : 'no';
-					$method->instance_settings['enabled'] = $new_enabled_value;
+					$current_settings['enabled'] = $new_enabled_value;
 
 					// Debug: Log new state
 					error_log( sprintf( '[WooNooW] New enabled value: %s', $new_enabled_value ) );
 
 					// Save to database
-					$option_key = $method->get_instance_option_key();
-					$saved = update_option( $option_key, $method->instance_settings, 'yes' );
+					$saved = update_option( $option_key, $current_settings, 'yes' );
 					error_log( sprintf( '[WooNooW] update_option(%s) returned: %s', $option_key, $saved ? 'true' : 'false' ) );
 					
 					// CRITICAL: Clear the zone's method cache so it reloads from DB