diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 40a54be4..b70ba246 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ GEM
       activesupport (= 4.0.0.rc2)
       rake (>= 0.8.7)
       thor (>= 0.18.1, < 2.0)
-    rake (10.0.4)
+    rake (10.1.0)
     ref (1.0.5)
     rspec-expectations (2.13.0)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.1.3, < 2.0)
diff --git a/app/controllers/recurring_todos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/recurring_todos_controller.rb
index 66568e54..0dd786f8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/recurring_todos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/recurring_todos_controller.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,10 @@ class RecurringTodosController < ApplicationController
     p.attributes['end_date']=parse_date_per_user_prefs(p.attributes['end_date'])
     p.attributes['start_from']=parse_date_per_user_prefs(p.attributes['start_from'])
 
-    @recurring_todo = current_user.recurring_todos.build(p.selector_attributes)
+    # make sure we set :recurring_period first, since other setters depend on it being set
+    # TODO: move logic into model
+    @recurring_todo = current_user.recurring_todos.build(:recurring_period => params[:recurring_period])
+    @recurring_todo.assign_attributes(p.selector_attributes)
     @recurring_todo.update_attributes(p.attributes)
 
     if p.project_specified_by_name?
diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 5747573e..4fd7697e 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -294,5 +294,9 @@ module ApplicationHelper
       })
   end
 
+  def source_view_key
+    # uses @project.id or @context.id depending on source_view
+    source_view_is_one_of(:project, :context) ? "#{@source_view}-#{eval("@#{@source_view}.id")}" : @source_view
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/views/contexts/_context.html.erb b/app/views/contexts/_context.html.erb
index ceb8d908..7bab6ffa 100644
--- a/app/views/contexts/_context.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/contexts/_context.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @not_done = @not_done_todos.select {|t| t.context_id == context.id }
 # invalidate the cache every day because of staleness or
 # rendering of "due in x days" that change without touching updated at of the todo
-cache [context, @source_view, current_user.date.strftime("%Y%m%d"), @tag_name] do
+cache [context, source_view_key, current_user.date.strftime("%Y%m%d"), @tag_name] do
 -%>
   <%= 
     render :partial => 'todos/collection', 
diff --git a/app/views/projects/_project.html.erb b/app/views/projects/_project.html.erb
index 3a8b2246..70102cec 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/_project.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/projects/_project.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 @not_done = @not_done_todos.select {|t| t.project_id == project.id }
 # invalidate the cache every day because of staleness or
 # rendering of "due in x days" that change without touching updated at of the todo
-cache [project, @source_view, current_user.date.strftime("%Y%m%d"), @tag_name] do 
+cache [project, source_view_key, current_user.date.strftime("%Y%m%d"), @tag_name] do 
 -%>
   <%= 
     title = source_view_is(:project) ? t('projects.actions_in_project_title') : show_project_name(project)