diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.html b/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.html
index 552e64d1e..2166871f5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
             <input type="radio" class="form-check-input" id="accelerate" name="accelerate" (change)="selectedOptionChanged($event)">
             <label class="form-check-label d-flex flex-column" for="accelerate">
               <span class="font-weight-bold">Accelerate</span>
-              <span style="color: rgb(186, 186, 186); font-size: 14px;">Settlement expected in ~1 hour or less<br>
+              <span style="color: rgb(186, 186, 186); font-size: 14px;">Settlement expected within ~1 hour (or less)<br>
                 @if (!calculating) {
                   <app-fiat [value]="cost"></app-fiat>fee (<span><small style="font-family: monospace;">{{ cost | number }}</small>&nbsp;<span class="symbol" i18n="shared.sats|sats">sats</span></span>)
                 } @else {
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@
             <input type="radio" class="form-check-input" id="wait" name="accelerate" (change)="selectedOptionChanged($event)">
             <label class="form-check-label d-flex flex-column" for="wait">
               <span class="font-weight-bold">Wait</span>
-              <span style="color: rgb(186, 186, 186); font-size: 14px;">Settlement expected to occur <app-time kind="within" [time]="eta" [fastRender]="false" [fixedRender]="true"></app-time></span>
+              @if (eta) {
+                <span style="color: rgb(186, 186, 186); font-size: 14px;">Settlement expected <app-time kind="within" [time]="eta" [fastRender]="false" [fixedRender]="true"></app-time> or less</span>
+              } @else {
+                <span style="color: rgb(186, 186, 186); font-size: 14px;">
+                  <span>Settlement expected within several hours (or more)</span>
+                </span>
+              }
             </label>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.ts b/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.ts
index 249568efa..1cfb51673 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/accelerate-checkout/accelerate-checkout.component.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { AudioService } from '../../services/audio.service';
   styleUrls: ['./accelerate-checkout.component.scss']
 })
 export class AccelerateCheckout implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
-  @Input() eta: number = Date.now() + 123456789;
+  @Input() eta: number | null = null;
   @Input() txid: string = '70c18d76cdb285a1b5bd87fdaae165880afa189809c30b4083ff7c0e69ee09ad';
   @Input() scrollEvent: boolean;
   @Output() close = new EventEmitter<null>();