diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.dao.test.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.dao.test.ts
index 76ef60818..4073227a3 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.dao.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/__tests__/rundown.dao.test.ts
@@ -432,6 +432,40 @@ describe('processRundown()', () => {
     expect(initResult.totalDuration).toBe(500 - 100);
   });
 
+  it('skipped events do not advance day offsets or affect gaps', () => {
+    const rundown = makeRundown({
+      order: ['1', 'skipped', '2'],
+      entries: {
+        '1': makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '1',
+          timeStart: 22 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 22:30:00
+          timeEnd: 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 00:30:00
+          duration: 2 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR, // 02:00:00
+        }),
+        skipped: makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: 'skipped',
+          skip: true,
+          timeStart: 22 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 22:30:00
+          timeEnd: 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 00:30:00
+          duration: 2 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR, // 02:00:00
+        }),
+        '2': makeOntimeEvent({
+          id: '2',
+          timeStart: 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 00:30:00
+          timeEnd: 8 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR + 30 * MILLIS_PER_MINUTE, // 08:30:00
+          duration: 8 * MILLIS_PER_HOUR, // 08:00:00
+        }),
+      },
+    });
+
+    const initResult = processRundown(rundown, {});
+
+    expect((initResult.entries.skipped as OntimeEvent).dayOffset).toBe(0);
+    expect((initResult.entries.skipped as OntimeEvent).gap).toBe(0);
+    expect((initResult.entries['2'] as OntimeEvent).dayOffset).toBe(1);
+    expect((initResult.entries['2'] as OntimeEvent).gap).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it('calculates total duration across days with gap', () => {
     const rundown = makeRundown({
       order: ['1', '2', '3'],
diff --git a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.parser.ts b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.parser.ts
index e6e9eb6bc..e269490e9 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.parser.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/api-data/rundown/rundown.parser.ts
@@ -279,14 +279,22 @@ function processEntry<T extends OntimeEntry>(
     // 2. handle custom fields - mutates entry
     sanitiseCustomFields(customFields, entry);
 
-    rundownMetadata.totalDays += calculateDayOffset(entry, rundownMetadata.previousEvent);
-    entry.dayOffset = rundownMetadata.totalDays as Day;
-    entry.delay = 0; // this means we dont calculate delays or gaps for skipped events
-    entry.gap = 0; // this means we dont calculate delays or gaps for skipped events
+    /*
+     * we initialise data so that is not calculated for skipped events
+     * consider especially the day offset, while skipped events have no
+     * day offset, we match it to the previous element to avoid
+     * pushing confusing data to the UI
+     */
+    entry.dayOffset = (rundownMetadata.previousEvent?.dayOffset ?? 0) as Day;
+    entry.delay = 0;
+    entry.gap = 0;
+
     entry.parent = childOfGroup;
 
     // update rundown metadata, it only concerns playable events
     if (isPlayableEvent(entry)) {
+      rundownMetadata.totalDays += calculateDayOffset(entry, rundownMetadata.previousEvent);
+      entry.dayOffset = rundownMetadata.totalDays as Day;
       rundownMetadata.playableEventOrder.push(entry.id);
 
       // first start is always the first event