diff --git a/app/Handlers/Events/FireRulesForStore.php b/app/Handlers/Events/FireRulesForStore.php
index daa0a2993f..1fa8554217 100644
--- a/app/Handlers/Events/FireRulesForStore.php
+++ b/app/Handlers/Events/FireRulesForStore.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class FireRulesForStore
         // get all the user's rule groups, with the rules, order by 'order'.
         /** @var User $user */
         $user   = Auth::user();
-        $groups = $user->ruleGroups()->orderBy('order', 'ASC')->get();
+        $groups = $user->ruleGroups()->where('rule_groups.active', 1)->orderBy('order', 'ASC')->get();
         //
         /** @var RuleGroup $group */
         foreach ($groups as $group) {
@@ -58,16 +58,17 @@ class FireRulesForStore
                            ->leftJoin('rule_triggers', 'rules.id', '=', 'rule_triggers.rule_id')
                            ->where('rule_triggers.trigger_type', 'user_action')
                            ->where('rule_triggers.trigger_value', 'store-journal')
+                           ->where('rules.active', 1)
                            ->get(['rules.*']);
             /** @var Rule $rule */
             foreach ($rules as $rule) {
-                Log::debug('Now handling rule #' . $rule->id . ' (' . $rule->title. ')');
+                Log::debug('Now handling rule #' . $rule->id . ' (' . $rule->title . ')');
                 $processor = new Processor($rule, $event->journal);
 
                 // get some return out of this?
                 $processor->handle();
 
-                if($rule->stop_processing) {
+                if ($rule->stop_processing) {
                     break;
                 }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
index a5fef2265a..fe70fd6937 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         $actionCount  = 0;
 
         // collection of those triggers/actions.
-        $triggers = [];
-        $actions  = [];
+        $oldTriggers = [];
+        $oldActions  = [];
 
         // has old input?
         if (Input::old()) {
@@ -284,14 +284,15 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
                             'count'      => $count,
                         ]
                     )->render();
+                    $newIndex++;
                 }
-                $newIndex++;
+
             }
 
             // get current actions
             $newIndex = 0;
             /**
-             * @var int $index
+             * @var int        $index
              * @var RuleAction $entry
              */
             foreach ($rule->ruleActions as $index => $entry) {
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         }
 
         // get rule trigger for update / store-journal:
-        $primaryTrigger = $rule->ruleTriggers()->where('trigger_type','user_action')->first()->trigger_value;
+        $primaryTrigger = $rule->ruleTriggers()->where('trigger_type', 'user_action')->first()->trigger_value;
 
 
         $subTitle = trans('firefly.edit_rule', ['title' => $rule->title]);
@@ -327,10 +328,49 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         Session::flash('gaEventCategory', 'rules');
         Session::flash('gaEventAction', 'edit-rule');
 
-        return view('rules.rule.edit', compact('rule', 'subTitle','primaryTrigger',
+        return view('rules.rule.edit', compact('rule', 'subTitle', 'primaryTrigger',
                                                'oldTriggers', 'oldActions', 'triggerCount', 'actionCount'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param RuleRepositoryInterface $repository
+     * @param RuleFormRequest         $request
+     * @param Rule                    $rule
+     * @return $this|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
+     */
+    public function updateRule(RuleRepositoryInterface $repository, RuleFormRequest $request, Rule $rule)
+    {
+
+        // process the rule itself:
+        $data = [
+            'title'               => $request->get('title'),
+            'active'              => intval($request->get('active')) == 1,
+            'trigger'             => $request->get('trigger'),
+            'description'         => $request->get('description'),
+            'rule-triggers'       => $request->get('rule-trigger'),
+            'rule-trigger-values' => $request->get('rule-trigger-value'),
+            'rule-trigger-stop'   => $request->get('rule-trigger-stop'),
+            'rule-actions'        => $request->get('rule-action'),
+            'rule-action-values'  => $request->get('rule-action-value'),
+            'rule-action-stop'    => $request->get('rule-action-stop'),
+            'stop_processing'     => intval($request->get('stop_processing')) == 1,
+        ];
+        $repository->updateRule($rule, $data);
+
+        Session::flash('success', trans('firefly.updated_rule', ['title' => $rule->title]));
+        Preferences::mark();
+
+        if (intval(Input::get('return_to_edit')) === 1) {
+            // set value so edit routine will not overwrite URL:
+            Session::put('rules.rule.edit.fromUpdate', true);
+
+            return redirect(route('rules.rule.edit', [$rule->id]))->withInput(['return_to_edit' => 1]);
+        }
+
+        // redirect to previous URL.
+        return redirect(Session::get('rules.rule.edit.url'));
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * @param RuleGroup $ruleGroup
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
index be60f0e06a..d5e7423b36 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ class RuleFormRequest extends Request
         for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
             $rules['rule-action-value.' . $i] = 'required_if:rule-action.' . $i . ',' . $contextActions . '|ruleActionValue';
         }
-
         return $rules;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
index 2c5cc8cc5d..09659c2c30 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
@@ -409,4 +409,47 @@ class RuleRepository implements RuleRepositoryInterface
 
         return $ruleAction;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Rule  $rule
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return Rule
+     */
+    public function updateRule(Rule $rule, array $data)
+    {
+        // update rule:
+        $rule->active          = $data['active'];
+        $rule->stop_processing = $data['stop_processing'];
+        $rule->title           = $data['title'];
+        $rule->description     = $data['description'];
+        $rule->save();
+
+        // delete triggers:
+        $rule->ruleTriggers()->delete();
+
+        // delete actions:
+        $rule->ruleActions()->delete();
+
+        // recreate triggers:
+        $order          = 1;
+        $stopProcessing = false;
+        $this->storeTrigger($rule, 'user_action', $data['trigger'], $stopProcessing, $order);
+        foreach ($data['rule-triggers'] as $index => $trigger) {
+            $value          = $data['rule-trigger-values'][$index];
+            $stopProcessing = isset($data['rule-trigger-stop'][$index]) ? true : false;
+            $this->storeTrigger($rule, $trigger, $value, $stopProcessing, $order);
+            $order++;
+        }
+
+        // recreate actions:
+        $order = 1;
+        foreach ($data['rule-actions'] as $index => $action) {
+            $value          = $data['rule-action-values'][$index];
+            $stopProcessing = isset($data['rule-action-stop'][$index]) ? true : false;
+            $this->storeAction($rule, $action, $value, $stopProcessing, $order);
+        }
+
+
+        return $rule;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepositoryInterface.php
index 7980a473e1..cab6741a28 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -60,14 +60,14 @@ interface RuleRepositoryInterface
     public function destroyRule(Rule $rule);
 
     /**
-     * @param Rule $rule
+     * @param Rule  $rule
      * @param array $ids
      * @return bool
      */
     public function reorderRuleTriggers(Rule $rule, array $ids);
 
     /**
-     * @param Rule $rule
+     * @param Rule  $rule
      * @param array $ids
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ interface RuleRepositoryInterface
      */
     public function moveRuleUp(Rule $rule);
 
+    /**
+     * @param Rule  $rule
+     * @param array $data
+     * @return Rule
+     */
+    public function updateRule(Rule $rule, array $data);
+
     /**
      * @param Rule $rule
      * @return bool
@@ -128,22 +135,22 @@ interface RuleRepositoryInterface
 
 
     /**
-     * @param Rule $rule
+     * @param Rule   $rule
      * @param string $action
      * @param string $value
-     * @param bool $stopProcessing
-     * @param int $order
+     * @param bool   $stopProcessing
+     * @param int    $order
      *
      * @return RuleTrigger
      */
     public function storeTrigger(Rule $rule, $action, $value, $stopProcessing, $order);
 
     /**
-     * @param Rule $rule
+     * @param Rule   $rule
      * @param string $action
      * @param string $value
-     * @param bool $stopProcessing
-     * @param int $order
+     * @param bool   $stopProcessing
+     * @param int    $order
      *
      * @return RuleAction
      */
diff --git a/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php b/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
index 72fe505804..6ca1067c65 100644
--- a/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
+++ b/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AccountType;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Budget;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\DecryptException;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Validator;
+use Log;
 use Symfony\Component\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -45,22 +47,29 @@ class FireflyValidator extends Validator
      */
     public function validateRuleTriggerValue($attribute, $value, $parameters)
     {
+        // get the index from a string like "rule-trigger-value.2".
+        $parts = explode('.', $attribute);
+        $index = $parts[count($parts) - 1];
+
         // loop all rule-triggers.
         // check if rule-value matches the thing.
         if (is_array($this->data['rule-trigger'])) {
-            foreach ($this->data['rule-trigger'] as $index => $name) {
-                $value = isset($this->data['rule-trigger-value'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-trigger-value'][$index] : false;
-                switch ($name) {
-                    default:
-                        return true;
-                    case 'amount_less':
-                        return is_numeric($value);
-                        break;
-                    case 'transaction_type':
-                        echo 'Implement me!';
-                        exit;
-                        break;
-                }
+            $name  = isset($this->data['rule-trigger'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-trigger'][$index] : 'invalid';
+            $value = isset($this->data['rule-trigger-value'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-trigger-value'][$index] : false;
+            switch ($name) {
+                default:
+                    return true;
+                case 'amount_less':
+                    return is_numeric($value);
+                    break;
+                case 'transaction_type':
+                    $count = TransactionType::where('type', $value)->count();
+
+                    return $count === 1;
+                    break;
+                case 'invalid':
+                    return false;
+                    break;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -74,27 +83,35 @@ class FireflyValidator extends Validator
      */
     public function validateRuleActionValue($attribute, $value, $parameters)
     {
+        // get the index from a string like "rule-action-value.2".
+        $parts = explode('.', $attribute);
+        $index = $parts[count($parts) - 1];
         // loop all rule-actions.
         // check if rule-action-value matches the thing.
-        if (is_array($this->data['rule-action'])) {
-            foreach ($this->data['rule-action'] as $index => $name) {
-                $value = isset($this->data['rule-action-value'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-action-value'][$index] : false;
-                switch ($name) {
-                    default:
-                        return true;
-                    case 'set_budget':
-                        /** @var BudgetRepositoryInterface $repository */
-                        $repository = app('FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface');
-                        $budgets    = $repository->getBudgets();
-                        // count budgets, should have at least one
-                        $count = $budgets->filter(
-                            function (Budget $budget) use ($value) {
-                                return $budget->name == $value;
-                            }
-                        )->count();
 
-                        return ($count === 1);
-                }
+        if (is_array($this->data['rule-action'])) {
+            $name  = isset($this->data['rule-action'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-action'][$index] : 'invalid';
+            $value = isset($this->data['rule-action-value'][$index]) ? $this->data['rule-action-value'][$index] : false;
+            switch ($name) {
+                default:
+                    Log::debug(' (' . $attribute . ') (index:' . $index . ') Name is "' . $name . '" so no action is taken.');
+
+                    return true;
+                case 'set_budget':
+                    /** @var BudgetRepositoryInterface $repository */
+                    $repository = app('FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface');
+                    $budgets    = $repository->getBudgets();
+                    // count budgets, should have at least one
+                    $count = $budgets->filter(
+                        function (Budget $budget) use ($value) {
+                            return $budget->name == $value;
+                        }
+                    )->count();
+
+                    return ($count === 1);
+                case 'invalid':
+                    return false;
+
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index b38a75ce3e..d354d410c7 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ return [
     'save_rules_by_moving'      => 'Save these rule(s) by moving them to another rule group:',
     'make_new_rule'             => 'Make new rule in rule group ":title"',
     'rule_help_stop_processing' => 'When you check this box, later rules in this group will not be executed.',
+    'rule_help_active'          => 'Inactive rules will never fire.',
     'stored_new_rule'           => 'Stored new rule with title ":title"',
     'deleted_rule'              => 'Deleted rule with title ":title"',
     'store_new_rule'            => 'Store new rule',
+    'updated_rule'              => 'Updated rule with title ":title"',
 
     'trigger'                            => 'Trigger',
     'trigger_value'                      => 'Trigger on value',
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
index b9a715408f..e14ac079d5 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule/edit.twig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 {% block content %}
     {{ Form.model(rule, {'class' : 'form-horizontal','id' : 'store','url' : route('rules.rule.update', rule.id)}) }}
+    <input type="hidden" name="rule_group_id" value="{{ rule.rule_group_id }}"/>
     <div class="row">
         <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12">
             <div class="box box-primary">
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
                 <div class="box-body">
                     {{ ExpandedForm.text('title') }}
                     {{ ExpandedForm.select('trigger',allJournalTriggers(), primaryTrigger) }}
+                    {{ ExpandedForm.checkbox('active',1,rule.active, {helpText: trans('firefly.rule_help_active')}) }}
                     {{ ExpandedForm.checkbox('stop_processing',1,rule.stop_processing, {helpText: trans('firefly.rule_help_stop_processing')}) }}
                 </div>
             </div>