diff --git a/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php b/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
index e08cef2f62..d032c4fcfe 100644
--- a/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/PiggybankController.php
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ class PiggyBankController extends BaseController
         $data['order']         = 0;
         $data['remind_me']     = isset($data['remind_me']) ? 1 : 0;
         $data['user_id']       = Auth::user()->id;
+        $data['repeats']       = 0;
 
         // always validate:
         $messages = $this->_repository->validate($data);
diff --git a/tests/functional/PiggyBankControllerCest.php b/tests/functional/PiggyBankControllerCest.php
index b657ff6f14..00c2d906a0 100644
--- a/tests/functional/PiggyBankControllerCest.php
+++ b/tests/functional/PiggyBankControllerCest.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class PiggyBankControllerCest
                        'post_submit_action' => 'store',
                        'targetamount' => 1000]
         );
-        $I->see('Name is too short');
+        $I->see('The name field is required.');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class PiggyBankControllerCest
                          'post_submit_action' => 'update',
                      ]
         );
-        $I->see('Name is too short');
+        $I->see('The name field is required.');
         $I->seeInDatabase('piggy_banks', ['name' => 'New camera']);
 
     }