diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 01b4fc04..e0ceaa28 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,12 +98,14 @@ pub fn run_scheduler(
     let simple_goal_activities =
         activity_generator::generate_simple_goal_activities(&calendar, goals);
     dbg!(&simple_goal_activities);
-    activity_placer::place(&mut calendar, simple_goal_activities);
 
     //generate and place budget goal activities
     let budget_goal_activities: Vec<Activity> =
         activity_generator::generate_budget_goal_activities(&calendar, goals);
+    dbg!(&budget_goal_activities);
     dbg!(&calendar);
+
+    activity_placer::place(&mut calendar, simple_goal_activities);
     activity_placer::place(&mut calendar, budget_goal_activities);
 
     calendar.log_impossible_min_day_budgets();
diff --git a/src/models/activity.rs b/src/models/activity.rs
index 62ff4a0d..2b57ce81 100644
--- a/src/models/activity.rs
+++ b/src/models/activity.rs
@@ -196,9 +196,11 @@ impl Activity {
                 // or yield flex 1 or maximum of the set from activity.flex()?
             };
 
+            let filters_option: Option<Filters> = calendar.get_filters_for(goal.id.clone());
+
             let compatible_hours_overlay = Activity::get_compatible_hours_overlay(
                 calendar,
-                goal.filters.clone(),
+                filters_option,
                 adjusted_goal_start,
                 adjusted_goal_deadline,
                 goal.not_on.clone(),
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ impl Activity {
         goal: &Goal,
         calendar: &Calendar,
     ) -> Vec<Activity> {
-        if goal.children.is_some() || goal.filters.as_ref().is_none() {
+        if goal.filters.as_ref().is_none() {
             return vec![];
         }
         if let Some(config) = &goal.budget_config {
diff --git a/src/models/budget.rs b/src/models/budget.rs
index 78d88e89..80f4852d 100644
--- a/src/models/budget.rs
+++ b/src/models/budget.rs
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@ use std::{
 use chrono::{Datelike, Duration};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
-use super::{activity::ActivityType, calendar::Calendar, goal::Goal};
+use super::{
+    activity::ActivityType,
+    calendar::Calendar,
+    goal::{Filters, Goal},
+};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Budget {
     pub originating_goal_id: String,
     pub participating_goals: Vec<String>,
     pub time_budgets: Vec<TimeBudget>,
+    pub time_filters: Filters,
 }
 impl Budget {
     pub fn reduce_for_(&mut self, goal: &str, duration_offset: usize) {
diff --git a/src/models/calendar.rs b/src/models/calendar.rs
index da13fd52..429e2239 100644
--- a/src/models/calendar.rs
+++ b/src/models/calendar.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ impl Calendar {
                             originating_goal_id: budget_id.clone(),
                             participating_goals: descendants_added,
                             time_budgets: get_time_budgets_from(self, goal),
+                            time_filters: goal.filters.clone().unwrap(),
                         });
                         continue;
                     }
@@ -258,6 +259,7 @@ impl Calendar {
                             originating_goal_id: budget_id.clone(),
                             participating_goals: descendants_added,
                             time_budgets: get_time_budgets_from(self, goal),
+                            time_filters: goal.filters.clone().unwrap(),
                         });
                         break;
                     }
@@ -266,8 +268,8 @@ impl Calendar {
                     if let Some(goal) = goal_map.get(&descendant_of_which_to_add_children) {
                         if let Some(children) = &goal.children {
                             descendants.extend(children.clone());
-                            descendants_added.push(descendant_of_which_to_add_children);
                         }
+                        descendants_added.push(descendant_of_which_to_add_children);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -317,6 +319,15 @@ impl Calendar {
         }
         impossible_activities
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_filters_for(&self, id: String) -> Option<super::goal::Filters> {
+        for budget in self.budgets.iter() {
+            if budget.participating_goals.contains(&id) {
+                return Some(budget.time_filters.clone());
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    }
 }
 impl Debug for Calendar {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
diff --git a/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/expected.json b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f16214f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+{
+  "scheduled": [
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-08",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 0,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 1,
+          "goalid": "103b2eff-6ba5-47b5-ad4f-81d8e8ef5998",
+          "title": "Plan my work week",
+          "duration": 1,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T07:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 2,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 7,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T07:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 3,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-09",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 4,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 5,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 6,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-10",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 7,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 8,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 9,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-11",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 10,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 11,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 12,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-12",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 13,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 14,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 15,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-13T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-13",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 16,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 24,
+          "start": "2024-01-13T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-14T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-14",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 17,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 24,
+          "start": "2024-01-14T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-15T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "impossible": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/input.json b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/input.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..903126d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/input.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "startDate": "2024-01-08T00:00:00",
+  "endDate": "2024-01-15T00:00:00",
+  "goals": [
+    {
+      "id": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+      "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+      "filters": {
+        "afterTime": 6,
+        "beforeTime": 18,
+        "onDays": [
+          "mon",
+          "tue",
+          "wed",
+          "thu",
+          "fri"
+        ]
+      },
+      "createdAt": "2024-01-08T10:59:47.133Z",
+      "children": [
+        "103b2eff-6ba5-47b5-ad4f-81d8e8ef5998"
+      ],
+      "budget": {
+        "minPerDay": 6,
+        "maxPerDay": 10,
+        "minPerWeek": 40,
+        "maxPerWeek": 40
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "103b2eff-6ba5-47b5-ad4f-81d8e8ef5998",
+      "title": "Plan my work week",
+      "createdAt": "2024-01-08T10:59:47.137Z",
+      "minDuration": 1
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/observed.json b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/observed.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f16214f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/jsons/stable/budget-with-subgoal/observed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+{
+  "scheduled": [
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-08",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 0,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 1,
+          "goalid": "103b2eff-6ba5-47b5-ad4f-81d8e8ef5998",
+          "title": "Plan my work week",
+          "duration": 1,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T07:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 2,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 7,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T07:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-08T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 3,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-08T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-09",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 4,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 5,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-09T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 6,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-09T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-10",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 7,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 8,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-10T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 9,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-10T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-11",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 10,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 11,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-11T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 12,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-11T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-12",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 13,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 6,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T06:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 14,
+          "goalid": "678eab49-960e-4519-ad0b-031a2f22aaba",
+          "title": "Work 💪🏽",
+          "duration": 8,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T06:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-12T14:00:00"
+        },
+        {
+          "taskid": 15,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 10,
+          "start": "2024-01-12T14:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-13T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-13",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 16,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 24,
+          "start": "2024-01-13T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-14T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "day": "2024-01-14",
+      "tasks": [
+        {
+          "taskid": 17,
+          "goalid": "free",
+          "title": "free",
+          "duration": 24,
+          "start": "2024-01-14T00:00:00",
+          "deadline": "2024-01-15T00:00:00"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "impossible": []
+}
\ No newline at end of file