diff --git a/bls-rcu-action-backend/src/processor/index.js b/bls-rcu-action-backend/src/processor/index.js
index 65dae1f..8e0b4a7 100644
--- a/bls-rcu-action-backend/src/processor/index.js
+++ b/bls-rcu-action-backend/src/processor/index.js
@@ -210,10 +210,12 @@ export const buildRowsFromPayload = (rawPayload) => {
   const writeTsMs = Date.now();
 
   // Base fields common to all rows (excluding unique ID)
+  // Check if hotel_id is within int2 range (-32768 to 32767), set to 0 if out of range
+  const validHotelId = (hotelId >= -32768 && hotelId <= 32767) ? hotelId : 0;
   const commonFields = {
     ts_ms: tsMs,
     write_ts_ms: writeTsMs,
-    hotel_id: hotelId,
+    hotel_id: validHotelId,
     room_id: roomId,
     device_id: deviceId,
     direction: normalizedDirection,