diff --git a/plugins/calendar/calendar.js b/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
index 8324ea32..1386a9d4 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
+++ b/plugins/calendar/calendar.js
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ window.rcmail && rcmail.addEventListener('init', function(evt) {
           if (event.location) {
             element.find('div.fc-event-title').after('<div class="fc-event-location">@&nbsp;' + Q(event.location) + '</div>');
           }
-          if (event.recurrence_id)
+          if (event.recurrence)
             element.find('div.fc-event-time').append('<i class="fc-icon-recurring"></i>');
           if (event.alarms)
             element.find('div.fc-event-time').append('<i class="fc-icon-alarms"></i>');
diff --git a/plugins/calendar/drivers/database/database_driver.php b/plugins/calendar/drivers/database/database_driver.php
index e86da7d2..350304e4 100644
--- a/plugins/calendar/drivers/database/database_driver.php
+++ b/plugins/calendar/drivers/database/database_driver.php
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ class database_driver extends calendar_driver
       if ($old['recurrence'] || $old['recurrence_id']) {
         $master = $old['recurrence_id'] ? $this->get_event($old['recurrence_id']) : $old;
         
+        // keep saved exceptions (not submitted by the client)
+        if ($old['recurrence']['EXDATE'])
+          $event['recurrence']['EXDATE'] = $old['recurrence']['EXDATE'];
+        
         switch ($event['savemode']) {
           case 'new':
             $event['uid'] = $this->cal->generate_uid();