diff --git a/cookbook/templates/forms/edit_internal_recipe.html b/cookbook/templates/forms/edit_internal_recipe.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a858a0851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cookbook/templates/forms/edit_internal_recipe.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load crispy_forms_tags %}
+{% load i18n %}
+
+{% block title %}{% trans 'Edit Recipe' %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+    <h3>{% trans 'Edit Recipe' %}</h3>
+
+    <form action="." method="post">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+        {{ form|crispy }}
+        <input type="submit" value="Submit" class="btn btn-success">
+    </form>
+
+    <script>
+        //converts multiselct in recipe edit to searchable multiselect
+        //shitty solution that needs to be redone at some point
+        $(document).ready(function () {
+            $('#id_keywords').select2();
+        });
+    </script>
+{% endblock %}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cookbook/urls.py b/cookbook/urls.py
index 11ec8534b..62ad73480 100644
--- a/cookbook/urls.py
+++ b/cookbook/urls.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('test', views.test, name='test'),
 
     path('new/recipe/', new.RecipeCreate.as_view(), name='new_recipe'),
-    path('new/recipe_import/<int:import_id>/', new.create_new_recipe, name='new_recipe_import'),
+    path('new/recipe_import/<int:import_id>/', new.create_new_external_recipe, name='new_recipe_import'),
     path('new/keyword/', new.KeywordCreate.as_view(), name='new_keyword'),
     path('new/storage/', new.StorageCreate.as_view(), name='new_storage'),
 
diff --git a/cookbook/views/edit.py b/cookbook/views/edit.py
index 7f6853d82..7e3c0b8de 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/edit.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/edit.py
@@ -1,14 +1,40 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
-from django.shortcuts import redirect
+from django.shortcuts import redirect, get_object_or_404, render
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy, reverse
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.views.generic import UpdateView, DeleteView
 
-from cookbook.forms import ExternalRecipeForm, KeywordForm, StorageForm, SyncForm
+from cookbook.forms import ExternalRecipeForm, KeywordForm, StorageForm, SyncForm, InternalRecipeForm
 from cookbook.models import Recipe, Sync, Keyword, RecipeImport, Storage
 
 
+@login_required
+def edit_internal_recipe(request, pk):
+    recipe_instance = get_object_or_404(Recipe, pk=pk)
+
+    if request.method == "POST":
+        form = InternalRecipeForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            recipe = Recipe()
+            recipe.name = form.cleaned_data['name']
+            recipe.instructions = form.cleaned_data['instructions']
+
+            recipe.save()
+
+            recipe.keywords.set(form.cleaned_data['keywords'])
+
+            messages.add_message(request, messages.SUCCESS, _('Recipe saved!'))
+            return redirect('index')
+        else:
+            messages.add_message(request, messages.ERROR, _('There was an error importing this recipe!'))
+    else:
+        form = InternalRecipeForm(recipe_instance)
+
+    return render(request, 'forms/edit_internal_recipe.html', {'form': form})
+
+
 class SyncUpdate(LoginRequiredMixin, UpdateView):
     template_name = "generic/edit_template.html"
     model = Sync
diff --git a/cookbook/views/new.py b/cookbook/views/new.py
index fcc4341bb..ae5ba9275 100644
--- a/cookbook/views/new.py
+++ b/cookbook/views/new.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class StorageCreate(LoginRequiredMixin, CreateView):
 
 
 @login_required
-def create_new_recipe(request, import_id):
+def create_new_external_recipe(request, import_id):
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = ImportRecipeForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():