diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RecurrenceFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RecurrenceFormRequest.php
index ce6a2afe22..c05c6ea0a8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RecurrenceFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RecurrenceFormRequest.php
@@ -79,14 +79,15 @@ class RecurrenceFormRequest extends Request
             ],
             'meta'         => [
                 // tags and piggy bank ID.
-                'tags'          => '' !== $this->string('tags') ? explode(',', $this->string('tags')): [],
+                'tags'          => '' !== $this->string('tags') ? explode(',', $this->string('tags')) : [],
                 'piggy_bank_id' => $this->integer('piggy_bank_id'),
             ],
             'repetitions'  => [
                 [
-                    'type'   => $repetitionData['type'],
-                    'moment' => $repetitionData['moment'],
-                    'skip'   => $this->integer('skip'),
+                    'type'    => $repetitionData['type'],
+                    'moment'  => $repetitionData['moment'],
+                    'skip'    => $this->integer('skip'),
+                    'weekend' => $this->integer('weekend'),
                 ],
             ],
 
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
index 0ae942e8f0..7d8e4b7b48 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
@@ -195,14 +195,18 @@ class RecurringRepository implements RecurringRepositoryInterface
         $skipMod  = $repetition->repetition_skip + 1;
         $attempts = 0;
         Log::debug(sprintf('Calculating occurrences for rep type "%s"', $repetition->repetition_type));
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Mutator is now: %s', $mutator->format('Y-m-d')));
         switch ($repetition->repetition_type) {
             default:
                 throw new FireflyException(
                     sprintf('Cannot calculate occurrences for recurring transaction repetition type "%s"', $repetition->repetition_type)
                 );
             case 'daily':
+                Log::debug('Rep is daily. Start of loop.');
                 while ($mutator <= $end) {
+                    Log::debug(sprintf('Mutator is now: %s', $mutator->format('Y-m-d')));
                     if ($attempts % $skipMod === 0) {
+                        Log::debug(sprintf('Attempts modulo skipmod is zero, include %s', $mutator->format('Y-m-d')));
                         $return[] = clone $mutator;
                     }
                     $mutator->addDay();
@@ -210,9 +214,10 @@ class RecurringRepository implements RecurringRepositoryInterface
                 }
                 break;
             case 'weekly':
+                Log::debug('Rep is weekly.');
                 // monday = 1
                 // sunday = 7
-                $mutator->addDay(); // always assume today has passed.
+                $mutator->addDay(); // always assume today has passed. TODO why?
                 $dayOfWeek = (int)$repetition->repetition_moment;
                 if ($mutator->dayOfWeekIso > $dayOfWeek) {
                     // day has already passed this week, add one week:
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Support/RecurringTransactionTrait.php b/app/Services/Internal/Support/RecurringTransactionTrait.php
index 6495c35577..4de55141ce 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Support/RecurringTransactionTrait.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Support/RecurringTransactionTrait.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ trait RecurringTransactionTrait
                     'repetition_type'   => $array['type'],
                     'repetition_moment' => $array['moment'],
                     'repetition_skip'   => $array['skip'],
+                    'weekend'           => $array['weekend'] ?? 1,
                 ]
             );