diff --git a/repositories/tenantRepository.go b/repositories/tenantRepository.go
index 72e44b9..5cf9cf0 100644
--- a/repositories/tenantRepository.go
+++ b/repositories/tenantRepository.go
@@ -350,8 +350,15 @@ func (r *tenantRepository) CreateTenantLocation(data models.Tenantlocations) err
 	var user models.Tenantuser
 	tx := r.db.Begin()
 
-	// Set status BEFORE insert
-	data.Status = "InActive"
+	// Default to Active if the caller didn't specify — matches
+	// tenantlocations' own gorm default and the primary-location behavior
+	// from tenant onboarding. Forcing InActive here used to also block the
+	// spawned manager login (AppLogin checks account status before it ever
+	// gets to the "no password set" branch), so a new store's login could
+	// never reach the password-setup screen.
+	if data.Status == "" {
+		data.Status = "Active"
+	}
 
 	// Step 1: Insert into tenantlocations
 	if err := tx.Create(&data).Error; err != nil {
@@ -374,7 +381,7 @@ func (r *tenantRepository) CreateTenantLocation(data models.Tenantlocations) err
 	user.Locationid = data.Locationid
 	user.Applocationid = data.Applocationid
 	user.Configid = 1
-	user.Status = "InActive"
+	user.Status = data.Status
 	user.Roleid = 0
 	user.Authmode = 0
 	user.Password = ""