diff --git a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
index 032936d1..819ede19 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/item/tabs/Schedule.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
           </ui-tooltip>
         </div>
         <div v-if="enableAutoDownloadEpisodes" class="flex items-center py-2">
-          <ui-text-input ref="maxEpisodesInput" type="number" v-model="newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload" no-spinner :padding-x="1" text-center class="w-10 text-base" @change="updateMaxNewEpisodesToDownload" />
+          <ui-text-input ref="maxEpisodesToDownloadInput" type="number" v-model="newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload" no-spinner :padding-x="1" text-center class="w-10 text-base" @change="updateMaxNewEpisodesToDownload" />
           <ui-tooltip text="Value of 0 sets no max limit. When checking for new episodes this is the max number of episodes that will be downloaded.">
             <p class="pl-4 text-base">
               Max new episodes to download per check
@@ -129,9 +129,12 @@ export default {
           return
         }
       }
-      if (this.$refs.maxEpisodesInput && this.$refs.maxEpisodesInput.isFocused) {
+
+      if (this.$refs.maxEpisodesInput?.isFocused) {
         this.$refs.maxEpisodesInput.blur()
-        return
+      }
+      if (this.$refs.maxEpisodesToDownloadInput?.isFocused) {
+        this.$refs.maxEpisodesToDownloadInput.blur()
       }
 
       const updatePayload = {
@@ -140,9 +143,11 @@ export default {
       if (this.enableAutoDownloadEpisodes) {
         updatePayload.autoDownloadSchedule = this.cronExpression
       }
+      this.newMaxEpisodesToKeep = Number(this.newMaxEpisodesToKeep)
       if (this.newMaxEpisodesToKeep !== this.maxEpisodesToKeep) {
         updatePayload.maxEpisodesToKeep = this.newMaxEpisodesToKeep
       }
+      this.newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload = Number(this.newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload)
       if (this.newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload !== this.maxNewEpisodesToDownload) {
         updatePayload.maxNewEpisodesToDownload = this.newMaxNewEpisodesToDownload
       }
diff --git a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Podcast.js b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Podcast.js
index a0e5de04..6f7ca337 100644
--- a/server/objects/mediaTypes/Podcast.js
+++ b/server/objects/mediaTypes/Podcast.js
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ class Podcast {
     this.autoDownloadSchedule = podcast.autoDownloadSchedule || '0 * * * *' // Added in 2.1.3 so default to hourly
     this.lastEpisodeCheck = podcast.lastEpisodeCheck || 0
     this.maxEpisodesToKeep = podcast.maxEpisodesToKeep || 0
-    this.maxNewEpisodesToDownload = podcast.maxNewEpisodesToDownload || 3
+
+    // Default is 3 but 0 is allowed
+    if (typeof podcast.maxNewEpisodesToDownload !== 'number') {
+      this.maxNewEpisodesToDownload = 3
+    } else {
+      this.maxNewEpisodesToDownload = podcast.maxNewEpisodesToDownload
+    }
   }
 
   toJSON() {
diff --git a/server/utils/index.js b/server/utils/index.js
index f75572ba..6a89621b 100644
--- a/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/index.js
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ module.exports.reqSupportsWebp = (req) => {
 module.exports.areEquivalent = areEquivalent
 
 module.exports.copyValue = (val) => {
-  if (!val) return val === false ? false : null
+  if (val === undefined || val === '') return null
+  else if (!val) return val
+
   if (!this.isObject(val)) return val
 
   if (Array.isArray(val)) {