diff --git a/app/billing/backend/supplier_invoices.py b/app/billing/backend/supplier_invoices.py
index d595d1d..db96d65 100644
--- a/app/billing/backend/supplier_invoices.py
+++ b/app/billing/backend/supplier_invoices.py
@@ -900,21 +900,37 @@ async def link_vendor_to_extraction(file_id: int, data: dict):
             (file_id,))
         
         if not extraction:
-            raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Ingen extraction fundet for denne fil")
-        
-        # Update extraction with vendor match
+            # Create minimal extraction if none exists
+            logger.info(f"⚠️ No extraction for file {file_id} — creating minimal extraction for vendor link")
+            extraction_id = execute_insert(
+                """INSERT INTO extractions
+                   (file_id, vendor_matched_id, vendor_name, vendor_cvr,
+                    document_id, document_type, document_type_detected,
+                    currency, confidence, status)
+                   VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s)
+                   RETURNING extraction_id""",
+                (file_id, vendor_id, vendor['name'], None,
+                 None, 'invoice', 'invoice', 'DKK', 1.0, 'manual')
+            )
+        else:
+            extraction_id = extraction['extraction_id']
+            execute_update(
+                "UPDATE extractions SET vendor_matched_id = %s WHERE extraction_id = %s",
+                (vendor_id, extraction_id)
+            )
+
         execute_update(
-            "UPDATE extractions SET vendor_matched_id = %s WHERE extraction_id = %s",
-            (vendor_id, extraction['extraction_id'])
+            "UPDATE incoming_files SET detected_vendor_id = %s, status = 'processed' WHERE file_id = %s",
+            (vendor_id, file_id)
         )
         
-        logger.info(f"✅ Linked vendor {vendor['name']} (ID: {vendor_id}) to extraction {extraction['extraction_id']}")
+        logger.info(f"✅ Linked vendor {vendor['name']} (ID: {vendor_id}) to extraction {extraction_id}")
         
         return {
             "status": "success",
             "vendor_id": vendor_id,
             "vendor_name": vendor['name'],
-            "extraction_id": extraction['extraction_id']
+            "extraction_id": extraction_id
         }
         
     except HTTPException: