diff --git a/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
index 6494137c..d962c753 100644
--- a/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/todos_controller.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class TodosController < ApplicationController
         @todo.context_id = context.id
       end
 
-      @todo.starred= params[:new_todo_starred].include? "true"
+      @todo.starred= (params[:new_todo_starred]||"").include? "true"
 
       @todo.add_predecessor_list(predecessor_list)
 
diff --git a/app/models/todo.rb b/app/models/todo.rb
index 4904b791..3a14830c 100644
--- a/app/models/todo.rb
+++ b/app/models/todo.rb
@@ -248,12 +248,12 @@ class Todo < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   def toggle_star!
-    starred=!starred?
+    self.starred= !starred?
   end
 
   def starred=(starred)
     if starred
-      _add_tags(STARRED_TAG_NAME)
+      _add_tags STARRED_TAG_NAME unless starred?
     else
       _remove_tags STARRED_TAG_NAME
     end
diff --git a/app/views/recurring_todos/toggle_star.js.erb b/app/views/recurring_todos/toggle_star.js.erb
index 85eb1d66..129a67b5 100644
--- a/app/views/recurring_todos/toggle_star.js.erb
+++ b/app/views/recurring_todos/toggle_star.js.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <%- if @saved -%>
-  $('div#recurring_todo_<%= @recurring_todo.id %> a.star_item img').toggleClass('starred_todo').toggleClass('unstarred_todo');
+  $('div#recurring_todo_<%= @recurring_todo.id %> a.star_item img').toggleClass('starred');
 <%- else -%>
   TracksPages.page_notify('error', '<%= t('todos.error_starring_recurring', :description => @recurring_todo.description) %>', 8);
 <%- end -%>
diff --git a/test/views/todos_helper_test.rb b/test/views/todos_helper_test.rb
index dede1b62..441ec2b5 100644
--- a/test/views/todos_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/views/todos_helper_test.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class TodosHelperTest < ActiveSupport::HelperTestCase
   def test_remote_star_icon_unstarred
     @todo = flexmock(:id => 1, :to_param => 1, :description => 'Get gas', :starred? => false)
     # added dot (.) to regexp because somehouw the extra dot is added in the tests while its not in the rendered html
-    assert_remote_star_icon_helper_matches %r{<a href="/todos/1/toggle_star" class="icon star_item" title="star the action 'Get gas'"><img alt="Blank" class="unstarred_todo" src="/images/blank.png[.?0-9]*" title="Star action" /></a>}
+    assert_remote_star_icon_helper_matches %r{<a href="/todos/1/toggle_star" class="icon star_item" title="star the action 'Get gas'"><img alt="Blank" class="todo_star" src="/images/blank.png[.?0-9]*" title="Star action" /></a>}
     assert_behavior_registered
   end