diff --git a/src/helpers/time/parseDate.ts b/src/helpers/time/parseDate.ts
index 09e072f0d..11aa47b38 100644
--- a/src/helpers/time/parseDate.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/time/parseDate.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ export const getDateFromTextIn = (text: string, now: Date = new Date()) => {
 }
 
 const getDateFromWeekday = (text: string): dateFoundResult => {
-	const matcher: RegExp = / (mon|monday|tue|tuesday|wed|wednesday|thu|thursday|fri|friday|sat|saturday|sun|sunday)/ig
+	const matcher: RegExp = / (next )?(monday|mon|tuesday|tue|wednesday|wed|thursday|thu|friday|fri|saturday|sat|sunday|sun)/ig
 	const results: string[] | null = matcher.exec(text)
 	if (results === null) {
 		return {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ const getDateFromWeekday = (text: string): dateFoundResult => {
 	const currentDay: number = date.getDay()
 	let day: number = 0
 
-	switch (results[1]) {
+	switch (results[2]) {
 		case 'mon':
 		case 'monday':
 			day = 1
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ const getDateFromWeekday = (text: string): dateFoundResult => {
 	date.setDate(date.getDate() + distance)
 
 	return {
-		foundText: results[1],
+		foundText: results[0],
 		date: date,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.js b/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.js
index aabf91f9a..6e28058cd 100644
--- a/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.js
+++ b/src/modules/parseTaskText.test.js
@@ -207,6 +207,48 @@ describe('Parse Task Text', () => {
 			expect(result.date).toBeNull()
 		})
 
+		describe('Parse weekdays', () => {
+
+			const days = {
+				'mon': 1,
+				'monday': 1,
+				'tue': 2,
+				'tuesday': 2,
+				'wed': 3,
+				'wednesday': 3,
+				'thu': 4,
+				'thursday': 4,
+				'fri': 5,
+				'friday': 5,
+				'sat': 6,
+				'saturday': 6,
+				'sun': 7,
+				'sunday': 7,
+			}
+
+			const prefix = [
+				'next ',
+				'',
+			]
+
+			prefix.forEach(p => {
+				for (const d in days) {
+					it(`should recognize ${p}${d}`, () => {
+						const result = parseTaskText(`Lorem Ipsum ${p}${d}`)
+
+						const next = new Date()
+						const distance = (days[d] + 7 - next.getDay()) % 7
+						next.setDate(next.getDate() + distance)
+
+						expect(result.text).toBe('Lorem Ipsum')
+						expect(result.date.getFullYear()).toBe(next.getFullYear())
+						expect(result.date.getMonth()).toBe(next.getMonth())
+						expect(result.date.getDate()).toBe(next.getDate())
+					})
+				}
+			})
+		})
+
 		describe('Parse date from text', () => {
 			const now = new Date()
 			now.setFullYear(2021, 5, 24)