diff --git a/app/Rules/Factory/TriggerFactory.php b/app/Rules/Factory/TriggerFactory.php
index 6ada8ca347..65cbf1bcde 100644
--- a/app/Rules/Factory/TriggerFactory.php
+++ b/app/Rules/Factory/TriggerFactory.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\RuleTrigger;
 use FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\AbstractTrigger;
 use FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\TriggerInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\Domain;
+use Log;
 
 /**
  * Interface TriggerInterface
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ class TriggerFactory
         /** @var AbstractTrigger $class */
         $class = self::getTriggerClass($triggerType);
         $obj   = $class::makeFromStrings($triggerValue, $stopProcessing);
+        Log::debug('Created trigger from string', ['type' => $triggerType, 'value' => $triggerValue, 'stopProcessing' => $stopProcessing, 'class' => $class]);
 
         return $obj;
     }
diff --git a/app/Rules/Processor.php b/app/Rules/Processor.php
index 25522aabf8..3d22ad7b05 100644
--- a/app/Rules/Processor.php
+++ b/app/Rules/Processor.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Rules\Factory\ActionFactory;
 use FireflyIII\Rules\Factory\TriggerFactory;
 use FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers\AbstractTrigger;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Log;
 
 /**
  * Class Processor
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ final class Processor
     /** @var Collection */
     public $triggers;
 
+    protected $foundTriggers = 0;
+
     /**
      * Processor constructor.
      *
@@ -57,9 +60,17 @@ final class Processor
      */
     public static function make(Rule $rule)
     {
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Making new rule from Rule %d', $rule->id));
         $self       = new self;
         $self->rule = $rule;
 
+        /*
+         * The number of "found triggers" must start at -1, because the first
+         * trigger is "create-journal" or "update-journal" when this Processor
+         * is called from a Rule.
+         */
+        $self->setFoundTriggers(-1);
+
         $triggerSet = $rule->ruleTriggers()->orderBy('order', 'ASC')->get();
         /** @var RuleTrigger $trigger */
         foreach ($triggerSet as $trigger) {
@@ -113,6 +124,22 @@ final class Processor
         return $self;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function getFoundTriggers(): int
+    {
+        return $this->foundTriggers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $foundTriggers
+     */
+    public function setFoundTriggers(int $foundTriggers)
+    {
+        $this->foundTriggers = $foundTriggers;
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @return \FireflyIII\Models\Rule
@@ -176,25 +203,30 @@ final class Processor
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    private function triggered()
+    private function triggered(): bool
     {
-        $foundTriggers = 0;
+        Log::debug('start of Processor::triggered()');
+        $foundTriggers = $this->getFoundTriggers();
         $hitTriggers   = 0;
-        /** @var RuleTrigger $trigger */
+        /** @var AbstractTrigger $trigger */
         foreach ($this->triggers as $trigger) {
             $foundTriggers++;
-
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Now checking trigger %s with value %s', get_class($trigger), $trigger->getTriggerValue()));
             /** @var AbstractTrigger $trigger */
             if ($trigger->triggered($this->journal)) {
+                Log::debug('Is a match!');
                 $hitTriggers++;
             }
             if ($trigger->stopProcessing) {
+                Log::debug('Stop processing this trigger and break.');
                 break;
             }
 
         }
+        $result = ($hitTriggers == $foundTriggers && $foundTriggers > 0);
+        Log::debug('Result of triggered()', ['hitTriggers' => $hitTriggers, 'foundTriggers' => $foundTriggers, 'result' => $result]);
 
-        return ($hitTriggers == $foundTriggers && $foundTriggers > 0);
+        return $result;
 
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
index 599a0932ba..4a6e4f6085 100644
--- a/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
+++ b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Log;
 
 /**
  * Class TransactionMatcher is used to find a list of
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ class TransactionMatcher
             // Filter transactions that match the given triggers.
             $filtered = $set->filter(
                 function (TransactionJournal $journal) use ($processor) {
+                    Log::debug(sprintf('Test these triggers on #%d', $journal->id));
+
                     return $processor->handleTransactionJournal($journal);
                 }
             );
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/AbstractTrigger.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/AbstractTrigger.php
index 96422a4387..45234606c8 100644
--- a/app/Rules/Triggers/AbstractTrigger.php
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/AbstractTrigger.php
@@ -98,5 +98,23 @@ class AbstractTrigger
         return $self;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return RuleTrigger
+     */
+    public function getTrigger(): RuleTrigger
+    {
+        return $this->trigger;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getTriggerValue(): string
+    {
+        return $this->triggerValue;
+    }
+
+
+
 
 }