diff --git a/app/Helpers/helpers.php b/app/Helpers/helpers.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcda24e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Helpers/helpers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php
+
+if (!function_exists('pluckValues')) {
+    /**
+     * Extracts the values of a given key from an array of associative arrays.
+     *
+     * @param array $array The input array of associative arrays.
+     * @param string $key The key whose values need to be extracted.
+     * @return array An array containing the values of the specified key.
+     */
+    function pluckValues(array $array, string $key): array
+    {
+        return array_map(function ($item) use ($key) {
+            return $item[$key] ?? null;
+        }, $array);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreCycleRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreCycleRequest.php
index f647f70c..89b1fd12 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreCycleRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreCycleRequest.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Requests;
 
 use App\Models\Cycle;
+use App\Rules\ValidEnabledLabels;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
 
 
@@ -27,8 +28,8 @@ class StoreCycleRequest extends FormRequest
                     'sterilizer_id' => 'required',
                     'cycle_number' => 'required|unique:cycles,cycle_number',
                     'note' => 'nullable',
-                    'labels' => 'required|array|distinct',
                     'labels.*.id' => 'required|numeric|exists:labels,id',
+                    'labels' => ['required','array','distinct',new ValidEnabledLabels()],
                 ];
                 break;
             }
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ class StoreCycleRequest extends FormRequest
                     'sterilizer_id' => 'required',
                     'cycle_number' => 'required|unique:cycles,cycle_number',
                     'note' => 'nullable',
-                    'labels' => 'required|array|distinct',
                     'labels.*.id' => 'required|numeric|exists:labels,id',
+                    'labels' => ['required','array','distinct',new ValidEnabledLabels()],
                 ];
                 break;
 
diff --git a/app/Listeners/UpdateLabelsCycleNumber.php b/app/Listeners/UpdateLabelsCycleNumber.php
index 3fdda914..ac581c96 100644
--- a/app/Listeners/UpdateLabelsCycleNumber.php
+++ b/app/Listeners/UpdateLabelsCycleNumber.php
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ class UpdateLabelsCycleNumber
     {
         $cycle = $event->cycle;
         $cycleNumber = $cycle->cycle_number;
-//        dd($cycle->labels);
 
-        $cycle->labels()->update(['cycle_number' => $cycleNumber]);
+        $cycle->labels()->update(['cycle_number' => $cycleNumber, 'enabled' => false]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Rules/ValidEnabledLabels.php b/app/Rules/ValidEnabledLabels.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5691b15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/ValidEnabledLabels.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Rules;
+
+use App\Models\Label;
+use Closure;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule;
+
+class ValidEnabledLabels implements ValidationRule
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the validation rule.
+     *
+     * @param  \Closure(string, ?string=): \Illuminate\Translation\PotentiallyTranslatedString  $fail
+     */
+    public function validate(string $attribute, mixed $value, Closure $fail): void
+    {
+        $formattedVal = pluckValues($value,'id');
+        $validIds = Label::whereIn('id', $formattedVal)
+            ->where('enabled', true)
+            ->pluck('id')
+            ->toArray();
+
+        if(count(array_diff($formattedVal, $validIds)) !== 0)
+        {
+            $fail('the :attribute must be enabled.');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 53cecb30..39e77d8f 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
             "Packages\\": "packages/",
             "Database\\Factories\\": "database/factories/",
             "Database\\Seeders\\": "database/seeders/"
-        }
+        },
+        "files": [
+            "app/Helpers/helpers.php"
+        ]
     },
     "autoload-dev": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_03_13_112407_rename_enable_in_labels.php b/database/migrations/2025_03_13_112407_rename_enable_in_labels.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ecbb012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_03_13_112407_rename_enable_in_labels.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('labels', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->renameColumn('enable', 'enabled');
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('labels', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->renameColumn('enabled', 'enable');
+        });
+    }
+};