diff --git a/app/lib/Firefly/Trigger/Journals/EloquentJournalTrigger.php b/app/lib/Firefly/Trigger/Journals/EloquentJournalTrigger.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee92f3786d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/Firefly/Trigger/Journals/EloquentJournalTrigger.php
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Firefly\Trigger\Journals;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
+
+/**
+ * Class EloquentJournalTrigger
+ *
+ * @package Firefly\Trigger\Journals
+ */
+class EloquentJournalTrigger
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @param \TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function store(\TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+        // select all reminders for recurring transactions:
+        if ($journal->transaction_type->type == 'Withdrawal') {
+            $transaction = $journal->transactions()->orderBy('amount', 'DESC')->first();
+            $amount      = floatval($transaction->amount);
+            $description = $journal->description;
+            $beneficiary = $transaction->account->name;
+
+            // make an array of parts:
+            $parts   = explode(' ', $description);
+            $parts[] = $beneficiary;
+            $today   = new Carbon;
+            $set     = \RecurringTransactionReminder::
+                leftJoin(
+                    'recurring_transactions', 'recurring_transactions.id', '=', 'reminders.recurring_transaction_id'
+                )
+                ->where('startdate', '<', $today->format('Y-m-d'))
+                ->where('enddate', '>', $today->format('Y-m-d'))
+                ->where('amount_min', '<=', $amount)
+                ->where('amount_max', '>=', $amount)->get(['reminders.*']);
+            /** @var \RecurringTransctionReminder $reminder */
+            foreach ($set as $reminder) {
+                /** @var \RecurringTransaction $RT */
+                $RT         = $reminder->recurring_transaction;
+                $matches    = explode(' ', $RT->match);
+                $matchCount = 0;
+                foreach ($parts as $part) {
+                    if (in_array($part, $matches)) {
+                        $matchCount++;
+                    }
+                }
+                if ($matchCount >= count($matches)) {
+                    // we have a match!
+                    \Log::debug(
+                        'Match between new journal "' . join('/', $parts) . '" and RT ' . join('/', $matches) . '.'
+                    );
+                    $journal->recurringTransaction()->associate($RT);
+                    $journal->save();
+                    // also update the reminder.
+                    $reminder->active = 0;
+                    $reminder->save();
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Dispatcher $events
+     */
+    public function subscribe(Dispatcher $events)
+    {
+        $events->listen('journals.store', 'Firefly\Trigger\Journals\EloquentJournalTrigger@store');
+        $events->listen('journals.update', 'Firefly\Trigger\Journals\EloquentJournalTrigger@update');
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function update(\TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+        return true;
+
+    }
+
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bootstrap/start.php b/bootstrap/start.php
index a2e2cb98a3..08314820de 100644
--- a/bootstrap/start.php
+++ b/bootstrap/start.php
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@ Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Limits\EloquentLimitTrigger');
 Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Piggybanks\EloquentPiggybankTrigger');
 Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Budgets\EloquentBudgetTrigger');
 Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Recurring\EloquentRecurringTrigger');
+Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Journals\EloquentJournalTrigger');
 
 return $app;