diff --git a/app/models/budget.rb b/app/models/budget.rb
index d59e9d41..9f6d6c07 100644
--- a/app/models/budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget.rb
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Budget < ApplicationRecord
     # Continuous gray segment for empty budgets
     return [ { color: "#F0F0F0", amount: 1, id: unused_segment_id } ] unless allocations_valid?
 
-    segments = budget_categories.map do |bc|
+    segments = budget_categories.includes(:category).map do |bc|
       { color: bc.category.color, amount: bc.actual_spending, id: bc.id }
     end