diff --git a/src/helpers/rrule-options.js b/src/helpers/rrule-options.js
index ae11427..d41052d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/rrule-options.js
+++ b/src/helpers/rrule-options.js
@@ -1,28 +1,17 @@
-const getFrequency = require('./frequency-converter');
 const getDateTime = require('./datetime-helper');
 
-function generateRRuleOptions(node) {
-  const { freq, interval } = getFrequency(node.getValue('repeatFrequency'));
-  const properties = {
-    freq,
-    interval,
-    byDay: node.getValue('byDay'),
-    byMonth: node.getValue('byMonth'),
-    byMonthDay: node.getValue('byMonthDay'),
-    startDate: node.getValue('startDate'),
-    startTime: node.getValue('startTime'),
-    endDate: node.getValue('endDate'),
-    endTime: node.getValue('endTime'),
-    count: node.getValue('count'),
-    scheduleTimezone: node.getValue('scheduleTimezone'),
-    exceptDate: node.getValue('exceptDate'),
-  };
-
+function generateRRuleOptions(properties) {
   const dtStart = getDateTime(properties.startDate, properties.startTime);
   const dtEnd = getDateTime(properties.endDate, properties.endTime);
 
-  const rruleOptions = { freq, interval }; // this is the only required one
+  const rruleOptions = {};
 
+  if (typeof properties.freq !== 'undefined') {
+    rruleOptions.freq = properties.freq;
+  }
+  if (typeof properties.interval !== 'undefined') {
+    rruleOptions.interval = properties.interval;
+  }
   if (typeof dtStart !== 'undefined') {
     rruleOptions.dtstart = dtStart;
   }
@@ -44,7 +33,7 @@ function generateRRuleOptions(node) {
   if (typeof properties.scheduleTimezone !== 'undefined') {
     rruleOptions.tzid = properties.scheduleTimezone;
   }
-  return { rruleOptions, properties };
+  return rruleOptions;
 }
 
 module.exports = generateRRuleOptions;
diff --git a/src/helpers/schedule-properties.js b/src/helpers/schedule-properties.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f732e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/schedule-properties.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const getFrequency = require('./frequency-converter');
+
+function getScheduleProperties(node) {
+  const { freq, interval } = getFrequency(node.getValue('repeatFrequency'));
+  const properties = {
+    freq,
+    interval,
+    byDay: node.getValue('byDay'),
+    byMonth: node.getValue('byMonth'),
+    byMonthDay: node.getValue('byMonthDay'),
+    startDate: node.getValue('startDate'),
+    startTime: node.getValue('startTime'),
+    endDate: node.getValue('endDate'),
+    endTime: node.getValue('endTime'),
+    count: node.getValue('count'),
+    scheduleTimezone: node.getValue('scheduleTimezone'),
+    exceptDate: node.getValue('exceptDate'),
+  };
+  return properties;
+}
+
+module.exports = getScheduleProperties;
diff --git a/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-contains-recurrence-data-rule.js b/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-contains-recurrence-data-rule.js
index a72500f..8e1a431 100644
--- a/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-contains-recurrence-data-rule.js
+++ b/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-contains-recurrence-data-rule.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { RRule } = require('rrule');
 const Rule = require('../rule');
 const generateRRuleOptions = require('../../helpers/rrule-options');
+const getScheduleProperties = require('../../helpers/schedule-properties');
 const ValidationErrorType = require('../../errors/validation-error-type');
 const ValidationErrorCategory = require('../../errors/validation-error-category');
 const ValidationErrorSeverity = require('../../errors/validation-error-severity');
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ module.exports = class ValidRecurrenceRule extends Rule {
   validateModel(node) {
     const errors = [];
 
-    const { rruleOptions, properties } = generateRRuleOptions(node);
+    const properties = getScheduleProperties(node);
+    const rruleOptions = generateRRuleOptions(properties);
 
     if (typeof properties.startDate === 'undefined'
         || typeof properties.startTime === 'undefined'
diff --git a/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-exceptdates-match-recurrence-dates.js b/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-exceptdates-match-recurrence-dates.js
index eedff02..0d08742 100644
--- a/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-exceptdates-match-recurrence-dates.js
+++ b/src/rules/data-quality/schedule-exceptdates-match-recurrence-dates.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const generateRRuleOptions = require('../../helpers/rrule-options');
 const ValidationErrorType = require('../../errors/validation-error-type');
 const ValidationErrorCategory = require('../../errors/validation-error-category');
 const ValidationErrorSeverity = require('../../errors/validation-error-severity');
+const getScheduleProperties = require('../../helpers/schedule-properties');
 
 module.exports = class ExceptDatesAreInSchedule extends Rule {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ module.exports = class ExceptDatesAreInSchedule extends Rule {
   validateModel(node) {
     const errors = [];
 
-    const { rruleOptions, properties } = generateRRuleOptions(node);
+    const properties = getScheduleProperties(node);
+    const rruleOptions = generateRRuleOptions(properties);
 
     if (typeof properties.exceptDate === 'undefined') {
       return [];