diff --git a/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php b/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
index f0521704c2..2f2310c75a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class PiggybankController extends BaseController
     }
 
     /**
+     * Add money to piggy bank
      * @param Piggybank $piggybank
      *
      * @return $this
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ class PiggybankController extends BaseController
     }
 
     /**
+     * POST add money to piggy bank
      * @param Piggybank $piggybank
      *
      * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse
@@ -170,6 +172,12 @@ class PiggybankController extends BaseController
             $repetition = $piggybank->currentRelevantRep();
             $repetition->currentamount += $amount;
             $repetition->save();
+
+            /*
+             * Create event!
+             */
+            Event::fire('piggybank.addMoney',[$piggybank, $amount]);
+
             Session::flash('success', 'Added ' . mf($amount, false) . ' to "' . e($piggybank->name) . '".');
         } else {
             Session::flash('error', 'Could not add ' . mf($amount, false) . ' to "' . e($piggybank->name) . '".');
@@ -193,6 +201,12 @@ class PiggybankController extends BaseController
             $repetition = $piggybank->currentRelevantRep();
             $repetition->currentamount -= $amount;
             $repetition->save();
+
+            /*
+             * Create event!
+             */
+            Event::fire('piggybank.removeMoney',[$piggybank, $amount]);
+
             Session::flash('success', 'Removed ' . mf($amount, false) . ' from "' . e($piggybank->name) . '".');
         } else {
             Session::flash('error', 'Could not remove ' . mf($amount, false) . ' from "' . e($piggybank->name) . '".');
diff --git a/app/lib/FireflyIII/Event/Piggybank.php b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Event/Piggybank.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0a2da1922b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Event/Piggybank.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Event;
+
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher;
+
+class Piggybank {
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Piggybank $piggybank
+     * @param float      $amount
+     */
+    public function addMoney(\Piggybank $piggybank, $amount = 0.0) {
+        if($amount > 0) {
+            $event = new \PiggybankEvent;
+            $event->piggybank()->associate($piggybank);
+            $event->amount = floatval($amount);
+            $event->date = new Carbon;
+            if(!$event->validate()) {
+                var_dump($event->errors());
+                exit();
+            }
+            $event->save();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Piggybank $piggybank
+     * @param float      $amount
+     */
+    public function removeMoney(\Piggybank $piggybank, $amount = 0.0) {
+        $amount = $amount * -1;
+        if($amount < 0) {
+            $event = new \PiggybankEvent;
+            $event->piggybank()->associate($piggybank);
+            $event->amount = floatval($amount);
+            $event->date = new Carbon;
+            if(!$event->validate()) {
+                var_dump($event->errors());
+                exit();
+            }
+            $event->save();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Dispatcher $events
+     */
+    public function subscribe(Dispatcher $events)
+    {
+        $events->listen('piggybank.addMoney', 'FireflyIII\Event\Piggybank@addMoney');
+        $events->listen('piggybank.removeMoney', 'FireflyIII\Event\Piggybank@removeMoney');
+    }
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bootstrap/start.php b/bootstrap/start.php
index dd65f6590a..d476cc0f57 100644
--- a/bootstrap/start.php
+++ b/bootstrap/start.php
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ require $framework . '/Illuminate/Foundation/start.php';
 //Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Budgets\EloquentBudgetTrigger');
 //Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Recurring\EloquentRecurringTrigger');
 //Event::subscribe('Firefly\Trigger\Journals\EloquentJournalTrigger');
+Event::subscribe('FireflyIII\Event\Piggybank');
 
 // TODO event that creates a relationship between transaction journals and recurring events when created.
 // TODO event that updates the relationship between transaction journals and recurring events when edited.