diff --git a/app/Jobs/CreateRecurringTransactions.php b/app/Jobs/CreateRecurringTransactions.php
index b5f9ec9e12..5fd9d001b3 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CreateRecurringTransactions.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CreateRecurringTransactions.php
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ class CreateRecurringTransactions implements ShouldQueue
             Log::debug(sprintf('%s IS today (%s)', $date->format('Y-m-d'), $this->date->format('Y-m-d')));
 
             // count created journals on THIS day.
-            $created = $this->repository->getJournals($recurrence, $date, $date);
-            if ($created->count() > 0) {
-                Log::info(sprintf('Already created %d journal(s) for date %s', $created->count(), $date->format('Y-m-d')));
+            $journalCount = $this->repository->getJournalCount($recurrence, $date, $date);
+            if ($journalCount > 0) {
+                Log::info(sprintf('Already created %d journal(s) for date %s', $journalCount, $date->format('Y-m-d')));
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ class CreateRecurringTransactions implements ShouldQueue
         }
 
         // has repeated X times.
-        $journals = $this->repository->getJournals($recurrence, null, null);
-        if (0 !== $recurrence->repetitions && $journals->count() >= $recurrence->repetitions) {
+        $journalCount = $this->repository->getJournalCount($recurrence, null, null);
+        if (0 !== $recurrence->repetitions && $journalCount >= $recurrence->repetitions) {
             Log::info(sprintf('Recurrence #%d has run %d times, so will run no longer.', $recurrence->id, $recurrence->repetitions));
 
             return false;
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
index 62967a1d12..a6482b34f1 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepository.php
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ class RecurringRepository implements RecurringRepositoryInterface
      * @param Carbon|null $start
      * @param Carbon|null $end
      *
-     * @return Collection
+     * @return int
      */
-    public function getJournals(Recurrence $recurrence, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null): Collection
+    public function getJournalCount(Recurrence $recurrence, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null): int
     {
         $query = TransactionJournal
             ::leftJoin('journal_meta', 'journal_meta.transaction_journal_id', '=', 'transaction_journals.id')
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class RecurringRepository implements RecurringRepositoryInterface
             $query->where('transaction_journals.date', '<=', $end->format('Y-m-d 00:00:00'));
         }
 
-        return $query->get(['transaction_journals.*']);
+        return $query->get(['transaction_journals.*'])->count();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepositoryInterface.php
index 73e3e28d0c..b0a6cee56d 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Recurring/RecurringRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ interface RecurringRepositoryInterface
     public function getCategory(RecurrenceTransaction $recTransaction): ?string;
 
     /**
-     * Returns the journals created for this recurrence, possibly limited by time.
+     * Returns the count of journals created for this recurrence, possibly limited by time.
      *
      * @param Recurrence  $recurrence
      * @param Carbon|null $start
      * @param Carbon|null $end
      *
-     * @return Collection
+     * @return int
      */
-    public function getJournals(Recurrence $recurrence, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null): Collection;
+    public function getJournalCount(Recurrence $recurrence, Carbon $start = null, Carbon $end = null): int;
 
     /**
      * Get the notes.