diff --git a/item/item.go b/item/item.go
index 3c62061..fba8090 100644
--- a/item/item.go
+++ b/item/item.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Item struct {
 	Kind      Kind      `json:"kind"`
 	Updated   time.Time `json:"updated"`
 	Deleted   bool      `json:"deleted"`
+	Date      Date      `json:"date"`
 	Recurrer  Recurrer  `json:"recurrer"`
 	RecurNext Date      `json:"recurNext"`
 	Body      string    `json:"body"`
diff --git a/item/recur.go b/item/recur.go
index dea7aa7..a8e4735 100644
--- a/item/recur.go
+++ b/item/recur.go
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type Recurrer interface {
 	RecursOn(date Date) bool
+	First() Date
 	String() string
 }
 
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ func NewRecurrer(recurStr string) Recurrer {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func FirstRecurAfter(r Recurrer, d Date) Date {
+	lim := NewDate(2050, 1, 1)
+	for {
+		if r.RecursOn(d) || d.Equal(lim) {
+			return d
+		}
+		d = d.Add(1)
+	}
+}
+
 type Daily struct {
 	Start Date
 }
@@ -63,6 +73,8 @@ func (d Daily) RecursOn(date Date) bool {
 	return date.Equal(d.Start) || date.After(d.Start)
 }
 
+func (d Daily) First() Date { return FirstRecurAfter(d, d.Start) }
+
 func (d Daily) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s, daily", d.Start.String())
 }
@@ -112,6 +124,8 @@ func (nd EveryNDays) RecursOn(date Date) bool {
 	}
 }
 
+func (nd EveryNDays) First() Date { return FirstRecurAfter(nd, nd.Start) }
+
 func (nd EveryNDays) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s, every %d days", nd.Start.String(), nd.N)
 }
@@ -163,6 +177,8 @@ func (w Weekly) RecursOn(date Date) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (w Weekly) First() Date { return FirstRecurAfter(w, w.Start) }
+
 func (w Weekly) String() string {
 	weekdayStrs := []string{}
 	for _, wd := range w.Weekdays {
@@ -173,11 +189,6 @@ func (w Weekly) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s, weekly, %s", w.Start.String(), strings.ToLower(weekdayStr))
 }
 
-type Biweekly struct {
-	Start   Date
-	Weekday time.Weekday
-}
-
 type EveryNWeeks struct {
 	Start Date
 	N     int
@@ -216,6 +227,8 @@ func (enw EveryNWeeks) RecursOn(date Date) bool {
 	return enw.Start.DaysBetween(date)%intervalDays == 0
 }
 
+func (enw EveryNWeeks) First() Date { return FirstRecurAfter(enw, enw.Start) }
+
 func (enw EveryNWeeks) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s, every %d weeks", enw.Start.String(), enw.N)
 }
@@ -264,6 +277,8 @@ func (enm EveryNMonths) RecursOn(date Date) bool {
 
 }
 
+func (enm EveryNMonths) First() Date { return FirstRecurAfter(enm, enm.Start) }
+
 func (enm EveryNMonths) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s, every %d months", enm.Start.String(), enm.N)
 }
diff --git a/sync/service/postgres.go b/sync/service/postgres.go
index 0a3660b..1b51759 100644
--- a/sync/service/postgres.go
+++ b/sync/service/postgres.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
-	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
@@ -21,6 +20,13 @@ var migrations = []string{
 	`CREATE INDEX idx_items_updated ON items(updated)`,
 	`CREATE INDEX idx_items_kind ON items(kind)`,
 	`ALTER TABLE items ADD COLUMN recurrer JSONB, ADD COLUMN recur_next TIMESTAMP`,
+	`ALTER TABLE items ALTER COLUMN recurrer TYPE TEXT USING recurrer::TEXT,
+	    ALTER COLUMN recurrer SET NOT NULL,
+	    ALTER COLUMN recurrer SET DEFAULT ''`,
+	`ALTER TABLE items ALTER COLUMN recur_next TYPE TEXT USING TO_CHAR(recur_next, 'YYYY-MM-DD'),
+	    ALTER COLUMN recur_next SET NOT NULL,
+	    ALTER COLUMN recur_next SET DEFAULT ''`,
+	`ALTER TABLE items ADD COLUMN date TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT ''`,
 }
 
 var (
@@ -36,13 +42,10 @@ type Postgres struct {
 
 func NewPostgres(host, port, dbname, user, password string) (*Postgres, error) {
 	connStr := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s dbname=%s user=%s password=%s sslmode=disable", host, port, dbname, user, password)
-
 	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", connStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrInvalidConfiguration, err)
 	}
-
-	// Test the connection
 	if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrInvalidConfiguration, err)
 	}
@@ -59,30 +62,21 @@ func NewPostgres(host, port, dbname, user, password string) (*Postgres, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *Postgres) Update(i item.Item, ts time.Time) error {
-	var recurrerJSON any
-	if i.Recurrer != nil {
-		var err error
-		recurrerJSON, err = json.Marshal(i.Recurrer)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
-		}
-		i.RecurNext = i.Recurrer.Start
-	} else {
-		recurrerJSON = nil
+	if i.Recurrer != nil && i.RecurNext.IsZero() {
+		i.RecurNext = i.Recurrer.First()
 	}
-
-	_, err := p.db.Exec(`
-		INSERT INTO items (id, kind, updated, deleted, body, recurrer, recur_next)
+	if _, err := p.db.Exec(`
+		INSERT INTO items (id, kind, updated, deleted, date, recurrer, recur_next, body)
 		VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
 		ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE
 		SET kind = EXCLUDED.kind,
 			updated = EXCLUDED.updated,
 			deleted = EXCLUDED.deleted,
-			body = EXCLUDED.body,
+			date = EXCLUDED.date
 			recurrer = EXCLUDED.recurrer,
-			recur_next = EXCLUDED.recur_next`,
-		i.ID, i.Kind, ts, i.Deleted, i.Body, recurrerJSON, i.RecurNext)
-	if err != nil {
+			recur_next = EXCLUDED.recur_next,
+			body = EXCLUDED.bodyi`,
+		i.ID, i.Kind, ts, i.Deleted, i.Date.String(), i.Recurrer.String(), i.RecurNext.String(), i.Body); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -90,11 +84,10 @@ func (p *Postgres) Update(i item.Item, ts time.Time) error {
 
 func (p *Postgres) Updated(ks []item.Kind, t time.Time) ([]item.Item, error) {
 	query := `
-		SELECT id, kind, updated, deleted, body, recurrer, recur_next
+		SELECT id, kind, updated, deleted, date, recurrer, recur_next, body
 		FROM items
 		WHERE updated > $1`
 	args := []interface{}{t}
-
 	if len(ks) > 0 {
 		placeholder := make([]string, len(ks))
 		for i := range ks {
@@ -113,34 +106,25 @@ func (p *Postgres) Updated(ks []item.Kind, t time.Time) ([]item.Item, error) {
 	result := make([]item.Item, 0)
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var i item.Item
-		var recurNext sql.NullTime
-		var recurrerJSON sql.NullString
-		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.Kind, &i.Updated, &i.Deleted, &i.Body, &recurrerJSON, &recurNext); err != nil {
+		var date, recurrer, recurNext string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.Kind, &i.Updated, &i.Deleted, &date, &recurrer, &recurNext, &i.Body); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
 		}
-		if recurrerJSON.Valid && recurrerJSON.String != "" {
-			var recurrer item.Recur
-			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(recurrerJSON.String), &recurrer); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
-			}
-			i.Recurrer = &recurrer
-		}
-		if recurNext.Valid {
-			i.RecurNext = recurNext.Time
-		}
+		i.Date = item.NewDateFromString(date)
+		i.Recurrer = item.NewRecurrer(recurrer)
+		i.RecurNext = item.NewDateFromString(recurNext)
 		result = append(result, i)
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Postgres) RecursBefore(date time.Time) ([]item.Item, error) {
+func (p *Postgres) ShouldRecur(date item.Date) ([]item.Item, error) {
 	query := `
-		SELECT id, kind, updated, deleted, body, recurrer, recur_next
+		SELECT id, kind, updated, deleted, date, recurrer, recur_next, body
 		FROM items
-		WHERE recur_next <= $1 AND recurrer IS NOT NULL`
-
-	rows, err := p.db.Query(query, date)
+		WHERE recurrer <> '' AND recur_next <= $1 `
+	rows, err := p.db.Query(query, date.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
 	}
@@ -149,61 +133,19 @@ func (p *Postgres) RecursBefore(date time.Time) ([]item.Item, error) {
 	result := make([]item.Item, 0)
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var i item.Item
-		var recurNext sql.NullTime
-		var recurrerJSON sql.NullString
-		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.Kind, &i.Updated, &i.Deleted, &i.Body, &recurrerJSON, &recurNext); err != nil {
+		var date, recurrer, recurNext string
+		if err := rows.Scan(&i.ID, &i.Kind, &i.Updated, &i.Deleted, &i.Body, &recurrer, &recurNext); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
 		}
-		if recurrerJSON.Valid && recurrerJSON.String != "" {
-			var recurrer item.Recur
-			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(recurrerJSON.String), &recurrer); err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
-			}
-			i.Recurrer = &recurrer
-		}
-		if recurNext.Valid {
-			i.RecurNext = recurNext.Time
-		}
+		i.Date = item.NewDateFromString(date)
+		i.Recurrer = item.NewRecurrer(recurrer)
+		i.RecurNext = item.NewDateFromString(recurNext)
 		result = append(result, i)
 	}
 
 	return result, nil
 }
 
-func (p *Postgres) RecursNext(id string, date time.Time, ts time.Time) error {
-	var recurrer *item.Recur
-	err := p.db.QueryRow(`
-		SELECT recurrer
-		FROM items
-		WHERE id = $1`, id).Scan(&recurrer)
-	if err != nil {
-		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
-			return ErrNotFound
-		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
-	}
-
-	if recurrer == nil {
-		return ErrNotARecurrer
-	}
-
-	// Verify that the new date is actually a valid recurrence
-	if !recurrer.On(date) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: date %v is not a valid recurrence", ErrPostgresFailure, date)
-	}
-
-	_, err = p.db.Exec(`
-		UPDATE items 
-		SET recur_next = $1,
-		  updated = $2  
-		WHERE id = $3`, date, ts, id)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("%w: %v", ErrPostgresFailure, err)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (p *Postgres) migrate(wanted []string) error {
 	// Create migration table if not exists
 	_, err := p.db.Exec(`
diff --git a/sync/service/recur.go b/sync/service/recur.go
index c0e3ee3..c48d9d1 100644
--- a/sync/service/recur.go
+++ b/sync/service/recur.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"time"
 
@@ -37,41 +36,30 @@ func (r *Recur) Run(interval time.Duration) {
 
 func (r *Recur) Recur() error {
 	r.logger.Info("start looking for recurring items")
-	items, err := r.repoRecur.RecursBefore(time.Now())
+	today := item.NewDateFromString(time.Now().Format(item.DateFormat))
+	items, err := r.repoRecur.ShouldRecur(today)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	r.logger.Info("found recurring items", "count", len(items))
 	for _, i := range items {
-		r.logger.Info("processing recurring item", "item", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", i))
+		r.logger.Info("processing recurring item", "id", i.ID)
 		// spawn instance
-		ne, err := item.NewEvent(i)
-		if err != nil {
+		newItem := i
+		newItem.ID = uuid.New().String()
+		newItem.Date = i.RecurNext
+		newItem.Recurrer = nil
+		newItem.RecurNext = item.Date{}
+		if err := r.repoSync.Update(newItem, time.Now()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		r.logger.Info("processing recurring event", "event", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", ne))
-		y, m, d := i.RecurNext.Date()
-		ne.ID = uuid.New().String()
-		ne.Recurrer = nil
-		ne.RecurNext = time.Time{}
-		ne.Start = time.Date(y, m, d, ne.Start.Hour(), ne.Start.Minute(), 0, 0, time.UTC)
-		r.logger.Info("created instance of  recurring event", "event", fmt.Sprintf("%+v", ne))
 
-		ni, err := ne.Item()
-		if err != nil {
+		// update recurrer
+		i.RecurNext = item.FirstRecurAfter(i.Recurrer, i.RecurNext)
+		if err := r.repoSync.Update(i, time.Now()); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := r.repoSync.Update(ni, time.Now()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		r.logger.Info("storen instance of  recurring event", "recEventID", ne.ID, "instanceID", ni.ID)
-
-		// set next
-		next := i.Recurrer.NextAfter(i.RecurNext)
-		if err := r.repoRecur.RecursNext(i.ID, next, time.Now()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		r.logger.Info("updated recur date", "recEventID", ne.ID, "next", next)
+		r.logger.Info("recurring item processed", "id", i.ID, "recurNext", i.RecurNext.String())
 	}
 	r.logger.Info("processed recurring items", "count", len(items))
 
diff --git a/sync/service/storage.go b/sync/service/storage.go
index 7240bbb..d05dc74 100644
--- a/sync/service/storage.go
+++ b/sync/service/storage.go
@@ -18,6 +18,5 @@ type Syncer interface {
 }
 
 type Recurrer interface {
-	RecursBefore(date time.Time) ([]item.Item, error)
-	RecursNext(id string, date time.Time, t time.Time) error
+	ShouldRecur(date item.Date) ([]item.Item, error)
 }