diff --git a/dist/plannersync b/dist/plannersync
index 5b78bf7..64199cc 100755
Binary files a/dist/plannersync and b/dist/plannersync differ
diff --git a/sync/service/recur.go b/sync/service/recur.go
index e2ab466..65d1113 100644
--- a/sync/service/recur.go
+++ b/sync/service/recur.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 type Recur struct {
 	repoSync  Syncer
 	repoRecur Recurrer
+	days      int
 	logger    *slog.Logger
 }
 
@@ -24,37 +25,50 @@ func NewRecur(repoRecur Recurrer, repoSync Syncer, logger *slog.Logger) *Recur {
 	return r
 }
 
-func (r *Recur) Run(interval time.Duration) {
+func (r *Recur) Run(days int, interval time.Duration) {
+	r.days = days
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
 
 	for range ticker.C {
-		if err := r.Recur(); err != nil {
+		today := item.NewDateFromString(time.Now().Format(item.DateFormat))
+		last := today.Add(r.days)
+		if err := r.Recur(last); err != nil {
 			r.logger.Error("could not recur", "error", err)
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-func (r *Recur) Recur() error {
-	r.logger.Info("start looking for recurring items")
-	today := item.NewDateFromString(time.Now().Format(item.DateFormat))
-	items, err := r.repoRecur.ShouldRecur(today)
+func (r *Recur) Recur(until item.Date) error {
+	r.logger.Info("start looking for recurring items", "until", until.String())
+
+	items, err := r.repoRecur.ShouldRecur(until)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	r.logger.Info("found recurring items", "count", len(items))
 	for _, i := range items {
 		r.logger.Info("processing recurring item", "id", i.ID)
-		// spawn instance
 		newRecurNext := item.FirstRecurAfter(i.Recurrer, i.RecurNext)
-		newItem := i
-		newItem.ID = uuid.New().String()
-		newItem.Date = newRecurNext
-		newItem.Recurrer = nil
-		newItem.RecurNext = item.Date{}
-		if err := r.repoSync.Update(newItem, time.Now()); err != nil {
-			return err
+
+		for {
+			if newRecurNext.After(until) {
+				break
+			}
+
+			// spawn instance
+			newItem := i
+			newItem.ID = uuid.New().String()
+			newItem.Date = newRecurNext
+			newItem.Recurrer = nil
+			newItem.RecurNext = item.Date{}
+			if err := r.repoSync.Update(newItem, time.Now()); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			r.logger.Info("spawned instance", "newID", newItem.ID, "date", newItem.Date)
+
+			newRecurNext = item.FirstRecurAfter(i.Recurrer, newRecurNext)
 		}
-		r.logger.Info("spawned instance", "newID", newItem.ID, "date", newItem.Date)
 
 		// update recurrer
 		i.RecurNext = newRecurNext
diff --git a/sync/service/recur_test.go b/sync/service/recur_test.go
index 75702b0..62534be 100644
--- a/sync/service/recur_test.go
+++ b/sync/service/recur_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ func TestRecur(t *testing.T) {
 
 	now := time.Now()
 	today := item.NewDate(2024, 1, 1)
+	until := today.Add(3)
 	mem := NewMemory()
 	rec := NewRecur(mem, mem, slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(io.Discard, nil)))
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ func TestRecur(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Run recurrence
-	if err := rec.Recur(); err != nil {
+	if err := rec.Recur(until); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Recur failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
@@ -43,14 +44,14 @@ func TestRecur(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed to get updated items: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if len(items) != 2 { // Original + new instance
+	if len(items) != 4 { // Original + 3 new instances
 		t.Errorf("expected 2 items, got %d", len(items))
 	}
 
 	// Check that RecurNext was updated
-	recurItems, err := mem.ShouldRecur(today.Add(1))
+	recurItems, err := mem.ShouldRecur(until.Add(1))
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
+		t.Errorf("exp nil, got %v", err)
 	}
 	if len(recurItems) != 1 {
 		t.Errorf("expected 1 recur item, got %d", len(recurItems))
diff --git a/sync/service/service.go b/sync/service/service.go
index cfbefe2..8204b1a 100644
--- a/sync/service/service.go
+++ b/sync/service/service.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 	dbName     = flag.String("dbname", "planner", "database name")
 	dbUser     = flag.String("dbuser", "test", "database user")
 	dbPassword = flag.String("dbpassword", "test", "database password")
+	recurDays  = flag.Int("recurdays", 8, "amount of days ahead to recur")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 		"dbUser": *dbUser,
 	})
 	recurrer := NewRecur(repo, repo, logger)
-	go recurrer.Run(6 * time.Hour)
+	go recurrer.Run(*recurDays, 6*time.Hour)
 
 	srv := NewServer(repo, *apiKey, logger)
 	go http.ListenAndServe(fmt.Sprintf(":%s", *apiPort), srv)