diff --git a/app/Repositories/PiggyBank/ModifiesPiggyBanks.php b/app/Repositories/PiggyBank/ModifiesPiggyBanks.php
index b0acdd08ee..122eccabf5 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/PiggyBank/ModifiesPiggyBanks.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/PiggyBank/ModifiesPiggyBanks.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ trait ModifiesPiggyBanks
         $repetition->save();
 
         // create event
-        $this->createEvent($piggyBank, $amount);
+        //$this->createEvent($piggyBank, $amount);
 
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php b/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
index e20e3b7f7d..7a86b7787a 100644
--- a/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
+++ b/app/Validation/FireflyValidator.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Bill\BillRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Budget\BudgetRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Repositories\PiggyBank\PiggyBankRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Services\Password\Verifier;
 use FireflyIII\Support\ParseDateString;
 use FireflyIII\TransactionRules\Triggers\TriggerInterface;
@@ -289,10 +290,11 @@ class FireflyValidator extends Validator
             return null !== $account;
         }
 
-        // must be numeric for piggy bank things:
         if ('update_piggy' === $actionType) {
-            $value = str_replace(',', '.', $value);
-            return '' !== $value && is_numeric($value);
+            /** @var PiggyBankRepositoryInterface $repository */
+            $repository = app(PiggyBankRepositoryInterface::class);
+            $piggy = $repository->findByName($value);
+            return null !== $piggy;
         }
 
         // return true for the rest.