diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
index d1a0bd2..56a149f 100644
--- a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ sub post_upload {
   $validation->optional('purchase_time')->is_full_iso_datetime;
   $validation->optional('category')->in_resultset( 'id', $c->schema->resultset('Category'));
   $validation->optional('essential');
+  $validation->optional('recurring');
 
   # First pass of required items
   return $c->api_validation_error if $validation->has_error;
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ sub post_upload {
   my $file = defined $upload ? $c->store_file_from_upload( $upload ) : undef;
   my $category = $validation->param('category');
   my $essential = $validation->param('essential');
+  my $recurring_type = $validation->('recurring');
   my $distance = $c->get_distance_from_coords( $user->entity->type_object, $organisation );
 
   my $new_transaction = $organisation->entity->create_related(