diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
index f6410c7894..f378bc448d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         }
         unset($key, $ruleTriggers);
 
+        // array of valid values for actions
+        $ruleActions     = array_keys(Config::get('firefly.rule-actions'));
+        $possibleActions = [];
+        foreach ($ruleActions as $key) {
+            $possibleActions[$key] = trans('firefly.rule_action_' . $key . '_choice');
+        }
+        unset($key, $ruleActions);
+
+
         // has old input?
         if (Input::old()) {
             // process old triggers.
@@ -107,7 +116,7 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
                 $triggerCount++;
                 $oldTrigger    = $entry;
                 $oldValue      = Input::old('rule-trigger-value')[$index];
-                $oldChecked    = isset(Input::old('rule-action-value')[$index]) ? true : false;
+                $oldChecked    = isset(Input::old('rule-trigger-stop')[$index]) ? true : false;
                 $oldTriggers[] = view(
                     'rules.partials.trigger',
                     [
@@ -120,12 +129,28 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
                 )->render();
                 $newIndex++;
             }
-//            echo '<pre>';
-//            var_dump(Input::old());
-//            var_dump($oldTriggers);
-//            exit;
-        }
 
+            // process old actions
+            $newIndex = 0;
+            foreach (Input::old('rule-action') as $index => $entry) {
+                $count = ($newIndex + 1);
+                $actionCount++;
+                $oldAction    = $entry;
+                $oldValue     = Input::old('rule-action-value')[$index];
+                $oldChecked   = isset(Input::old('rule-action-stop')[$index]) ? true : false;
+                $oldActions[] = view(
+                    'rules.partials.action',
+                    [
+                        'oldTrigger' => $oldAction,
+                        'oldValue'   => $oldValue,
+                        'oldChecked' => $oldChecked,
+                        'actions'    => $possibleActions,
+                        'count'      => $count
+                    ]
+                )->render();
+                $newIndex++;
+            }
+        }
 
         $subTitleIcon = 'fa-clone';
         $subTitle     = trans('firefly.make_new_rule', ['title' => $ruleGroup->title]);
@@ -143,9 +168,11 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         }
         Session::forget('rules.rule.create.fromStore');
         Session::flash('gaEventCategory', 'rules');
-        Session::flash('gaEventAction', 'create-rule-group');
+        Session::flash('gaEventAction', 'create-rule');
 
-        return view('rules.rule.create', compact('subTitleIcon','oldTriggers', 'triggerCount', 'actionCount', 'ruleGroup', 'subTitle', 'journalTriggers'));
+        return view(
+            'rules.rule.create', compact('subTitleIcon', 'oldTriggers', 'oldActions', 'triggerCount', 'actionCount', 'ruleGroup', 'subTitle', 'journalTriggers')
+        );
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
index 521ecf3d43..e8f18055ab 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/RuleFormRequest.php
@@ -38,21 +38,26 @@ class RuleFormRequest extends Request
     {
 
         $validTriggers = array_keys(Config::get('firefly.rule-triggers'));
+        $validActions  = array_keys(Config::get('firefly.rule-actions'));
+
+        // some actions require text:
+        $contextActions = Config::get('firefly.rule-actions-text');
 
         $titleRule = 'required|between:1,100|uniqueObjectForUser:rule_groups,title';
         if (RuleGroup::find(Input::get('id'))) {
             $titleRule = 'required|between:1,100|uniqueObjectForUser:rule_groups,title,' . intval(Input::get('id'));
         }
 
-        return [
-            'title'           => $titleRule,
-            'description'     => 'between:1,5000',
-            'stop_processing' => 'boolean',
-            'trigger'         => 'required|in:store-journal,update-journal',
-            'rule-trigger.*'  => 'required|in:' . join(',', $validTriggers),
-            'rule-trigger-value.*'  => 'required|min:1'
-
-            
+        $rules = [
+            'title'                => $titleRule,
+            'description'          => 'between:1,5000',
+            'stop_processing'      => 'boolean',
+            'trigger'              => 'required|in:store-journal,update-journal',
+            'rule-trigger.*'       => 'required|in:' . join(',', $validTriggers),
+            'rule-trigger-value.*' => 'required|min:1',
+            'rule-action.*'        => 'required|in:' . join(',', $validActions),
+            'rule-action-value.*'  => 'required_if:rule-action.*,' . join(',', $contextActions)
         ];
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/config/firefly.php b/config/firefly.php
index ddef1a0805..952f9463e6 100644
--- a/config/firefly.php
+++ b/config/firefly.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ return [
         'end_date'        => 'FireflyIII\Support\Binder\Date'
     ],
 
-    'rule-triggers' => [
+    'rule-triggers'     => [
         'user_action'           => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\UserAction',
         'from_account_starts'   => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\FromAccountStarts',
         'from_account_ends'     => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\FromAccountEnds',
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ return [
         'description_contains'  => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\DescriptionContains',
         'description_is'        => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\DescriptionIs',
     ],
-    'rule-actions'  => [
+    'rule-actions'      => [
         'set_category'        => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Actions\SetCategory',
         'clear_category'      => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Actions\ClearCategory',
         'set_budget'          => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Actions\SetBudget',
@@ -201,5 +201,15 @@ return [
         'append_description'  => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Actions\AppendDescription',
         'prepend_description' => 'FireflyIII\Rules\Actions\PrependDescription',
     ],
+    // all rule actions that require text input:
+    'rule-actions-text' => [
+        'set_category',
+        'set_budget',
+        'add_tag',
+        'remove_tag',
+        'set_description',
+        'append_description',
+        'prepend_description',
+    ]
 
 ];
diff --git a/public/js/rules/create.js b/public/js/rules/create.js
index 9182c31001..5fe38cb550 100644
--- a/public/js/rules/create.js
+++ b/public/js/rules/create.js
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ $(function () {
     if (triggerCount == 0) {
         addNewTrigger();
     }
+    if (actionCount == 0) {
+        addNewAction();
+    }
+
 
-    addNewAction();
     $('.add_rule_trigger').click(function () {
         addNewTrigger();
 
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/partials/action.twig b/resources/views/rules/partials/action.twig
index edb4d77bf5..e7ec792c79 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/partials/action.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/partials/action.twig
@@ -3,24 +3,37 @@
         <a href="#" class="btn btn-danger btn-sm remove-action"><i class="fa fa-trash"></i></a>
     </td>
     <td style="width:30%;">
-        {% if errors.has('XXX') %}
+        {% if errors.has('rule-action.'~count) %}
             <span class="form-control-feedback"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-remove"></i></span>
-            <p class="text-danger">{{ errors.first('xxxx') }}</p>
+            <p class="text-danger">{{ errors.first('rule-action.'~count) }}</p>
         {% endif %}
 
         <select name="rule-action[{{ count }}]" class="form-control">
             {% for key,name in actions %}
-                <option value="{{ key }}" label="{{ name }}">{{ name }}</option>
+                <option value="{{ key }}" label="{{ name }}"
+                        {% if key == oldTrigger %}
+                            selected
+                        {% endif %}
+                >{{ name }}</option>
             {% endfor %}
         </select>
     </td>
     <td>
-        <input type="text" name="rule-action-value[{{ count }}]" class="form-control">
+
+        <input type="text" value="{{ oldValue }}" name="rule-action-value[{{ count }}]"
+               class="form-control">
+        {% if errors.has(('rule-action-value.'~count)) %}
+            <p class="text-danger">
+                {{ errors.first('rule-action-value.'~count) }}
+            </p>
+        {% endif %}
     </td>
     <td style="width:20%;">
         <div class="checkbox">
             <label>
-                <input type="checkbox" name="rule-action-stop[{{ count }}]" value="1"/>
+                <input type="checkbox" name="rule-action-stop[{{ count }}]" value="1"
+                       {% if oldChecked %}checked{% endif %}
+                />
             </label>
         </div>
     </td>
diff --git a/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig b/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
index 5a35d69925..8c907753f4 100644
--- a/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
+++ b/resources/views/rules/rule/create.twig
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@
                         </tr>
                         </thead>
                         <tbody class="rule-action-tbody">
-
+                        {% for action in oldActions %}
+                            {{ action|raw }}
+                        {% endfor %}
                         </tbody>
 
                     </table>