diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bd560836c..febd1aa08 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
    11 and likely anything using bash-4 (thanks to John Florian).
  + Fixed bug that displays the wrong .taskrc file name on override (thanks to
    Federico Hernandez).
+ + Fixed bug #242 that sometimes causes the ID echoed after a task is added
+   to be incorrect (thanks to John Florian).
 
 ------ old releases ------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/command.cpp b/src/command.cpp
index a55599405..6432eafb7 100644
--- a/src/command.cpp
+++ b/src/command.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ std::string handleAdd ()
   // All this, just for an id number.
   std::vector <Task> all;
   Filter none;
+  handleRecurrence ();
   context.tdb.loadPending (all, none);
   out << "Created task " << context.tdb.nextId () << std::endl;
 #endif