diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
index ebc612d09..e91bd0149 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/rundown/__tests__/rundown.utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OntimeBlock, OntimeEvent, RundownEntries, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
+import { OntimeBlock, OntimeDelay, OntimeEvent, RundownEntries, SupportedEntry } from 'ontime-types';
 
 import { makeRundownMetadata, makeSortableList } from '../rundown.utils';
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('makeRundownMetadata()', () => {
       block: {
         id: 'block',
         type: SupportedEntry.Block,
-        events: ['11', '12', '13'],
+        events: ['11', 'delay', '12', '13'],
         colour: 'red',
       } as OntimeBlock,
       '11': {
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ describe('makeRundownMetadata()', () => {
         skip: false,
         linkStart: false,
       } as OntimeEvent,
+      delay: {
+        id: 'delay',
+        type: SupportedEntry.Delay,
+        parent: 'block',
+        duration: 0,
+      } as OntimeDelay,
       '12': {
         id: '12',
         type: SupportedEntry.Event,
@@ -136,10 +142,25 @@ describe('makeRundownMetadata()', () => {
       groupColour: 'red',
     });
 
+    expect(process(demoEvents['delay'])).toMatchObject({
+      previousEvent: demoEvents['11'],
+      latestEvent: demoEvents['11'],
+      previousEntryId: demoEvents['11'].id,
+      thisId: demoEvents['delay'].id,
+      eventIndex: 2,
+      isPast: true,
+      isNextDay: false,
+      totalGap: 10,
+      isLinkedToLoaded: false,
+      isLoaded: false,
+      groupId: 'block',
+      groupColour: 'red',
+    });
+
     expect(process(demoEvents['12'])).toMatchObject({
       previousEvent: demoEvents['11'],
       latestEvent: demoEvents['12'],
-      previousEntryId: demoEvents['11'].id,
+      previousEntryId: demoEvents['delay'].id,
       thisId: demoEvents['12'].id,
       eventIndex: 3,
       isPast: false,
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
index 08112275d..117fc4c6f 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/RundownService.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ export async function reorderEntry(eventId: EntryId, from: number, to: number):
   return newRundown;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Applies a delay into the rundown effectively changing the schedule
+ * The applied delay is deleted
+ * @param delayId
+ */
 export async function applyDelay(delayId: EntryId) {
   const scopedMutation = cache.mutateCache(cache.applyDelay);
   await scopedMutation({ delayId });
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/rundownCache.utils.ts b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/rundownCache.utils.ts
index cebe7d979..08e58e74a 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/rundownCache.utils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/rundown-service/rundownCache.utils.ts
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ function processEntry<T extends OntimeEntry>(
   } else if (isOntimeDelay(currentEntry)) {
     // !!! this must happen after handling the links
     processedData.totalDelay += currentEntry.duration;
+    currentEntry.parent = childOfBlock;
   }
 
   if (!childOfBlock) {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/definitions/core/Rundown.type.ts b/packages/types/src/definitions/core/Rundown.type.ts
index 94be1caa5..1f76f38ac 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/definitions/core/Rundown.type.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/definitions/core/Rundown.type.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ export type RundownEntries = Record<EntryId, OntimeEntry>;
 // we need to create a manual union type since keys cannot be used in type unions
 export type OntimeEntryCommonKeys = keyof OntimeEvent | keyof OntimeDelay | keyof OntimeBlock;
 
-export type ProjectRundowns = Record<string, Rundown>;
+type RundownId = string;
+export type ProjectRundowns = Record<RundownId, Rundown>;
 
 export type Rundown = {
   id: string;