diff --git a/backend/tasks.js b/backend/tasks.js
index 2014da3..ba6379c 100644
--- a/backend/tasks.js
+++ b/backend/tasks.js
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ function scheduleJob(task_key, schedule) {
     if (schedule['type'] === 'timestamp') {
         converted_schedule = new Date(schedule['data']['timestamp']);
     } else if (schedule['type'] === 'recurring') {
-        const dayOfWeek = schedule['data']['dayOfWeek'] ? schedule['data']['dayOfWeek'] : null;
-        const hour = schedule['data']['hour']           ? schedule['data']['hour']      : null;
-        const minute = schedule['data']['minute']       ? schedule['data']['minute']    : null;
+        const dayOfWeek = schedule['data']['dayOfWeek'] != null       ? schedule['data']['dayOfWeek'] : null;
+        const hour = schedule['data']['hour']           != null       ? schedule['data']['hour']      : null;
+        const minute = schedule['data']['minute']       != null       ? schedule['data']['minute']    : null;
         converted_schedule = new scheduler.RecurrenceRule(null, null, null, dayOfWeek, hour, minute);
     } else {
         logger.error(`Failed to schedule job '${task_key}' as the type '${schedule['type']}' is invalid.`)
diff --git a/src/app/dialogs/update-task-schedule-dialog/update-task-schedule-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/dialogs/update-task-schedule-dialog/update-task-schedule-dialog.component.ts
index ef61cf4..2d31782 100644
--- a/src/app/dialogs/update-task-schedule-dialog/update-task-schedule-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/dialogs/update-task-schedule-dialog/update-task-schedule-dialog.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Component, Inject, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 import { MatDialogRef, MAT_DIALOG_DATA } from '@angular/material/dialog';
-import { Schedule } from 'api-types';
+import { Schedule, Task } from 'api-types';
 import { PostsService } from 'app/posts.services';
 
 @Component({
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   date = null;
   today = new Date();
 
-  constructor(@Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: any, private dialogRef: MatDialogRef<UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent>, private postsService: PostsService) {
+  constructor(@Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: {task: Task}, private dialogRef: MatDialogRef<UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent>, private postsService: PostsService) {
     this.processTask(this.data.task);
     this.postsService.getTask(this.data.task.key).subscribe(res => {
       this.processTask(res['task']);
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   ngOnInit(): void {
   }
 
-  processTask(task) {
+  processTask(task: Task): void {
     if (!task['schedule']) {
       this.enabled = false;
       return;
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ export class UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent implements OnInit {
     this.recurring = schedule['type'] === Schedule.type.RECURRING;
 
     if (this.recurring) {
-      this.time = `${schedule['data']['hour']}:${schedule['data']['minute']}`;
+      const hour = schedule['data']['hour'];
+      const minute = schedule['data']['minute'];
+
+      // add padding 0s if necessary to hours and minutes
+      this.time = (hour < 10 ? '0' : '') + hour + ':' + (minute < 10 ? '0' : '') + minute;
 
       if (schedule['data']['dayOfWeek']) {
         this.days_of_week = schedule['data']['dayOfWeek'];
@@ -75,7 +79,6 @@ export class UpdateTaskScheduleDialogComponent implements OnInit {
       }
     } else {
       this.date.setHours(hours, minutes);
-      console.log(this.date);
       schedule['data'] = {timestamp: this.date.getTime()};
     }
     this.dialogRef.close(schedule);