diff --git a/scripts/4_World/YALootBoxes_ActionOpen.c b/scripts/4_World/YALootBoxes_ActionOpen.c
index 081498c..bc0e4df 100644
--- a/scripts/4_World/YALootBoxes_ActionOpen.c
+++ b/scripts/4_World/YALootBoxes_ActionOpen.c
@@ -57,11 +57,16 @@ class YALB_ActionOpenLootbox : ActionContinuousBase
         return true;
     }
 
-    override int GetDuration(ActionData action_data)
+    // Continuous-action duration is set via a CAContinuousTime component (in
+    // SECONDS), NOT a GetDuration() override - ActionContinuousBase has no such
+    // method. Falls back to 5s on the client, where MainConfig is null (config
+    // is server-only); the server is authoritative on when the channel ends.
+    override void CreateActionComponent()
     {
-        if (YALB_ConfigLoader.MainConfig)
-            return YALB_ConfigLoader.MainConfig.OpenChannelDurationSeconds * 1000; // ms
-        return 5000;
+        float secs = 5.0;
+        if (YALB_ConfigLoader.MainConfig && YALB_ConfigLoader.MainConfig.OpenChannelDurationSeconds > 0)
+            secs = YALB_ConfigLoader.MainConfig.OpenChannelDurationSeconds;
+        m_ActionData.m_ActionComponent = new CAContinuousTime(secs);
     }
 
     // Fired server-side when the channel completes WITHOUT being cancelled.