diff --git a/Controller/ApiController.php b/Controller/ApiController.php
index e95421c..cf84c15 100644
--- a/Controller/ApiController.php
+++ b/Controller/ApiController.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ final class ApiController extends Controller
         if (($val['title'] = empty($request->getData('title')))
             || ($val['plain'] = empty($request->getData('plain')))
             || ($val['due'] = !((bool) strtotime((string) $request->getData('due'))))
-            || ($val['forward'] = !(is_numeric($request->getData('forward') ?? 0)))
         ) {
             return $val;
         }
diff --git a/Theme/Backend/task-create.tpl.php b/Theme/Backend/task-create.tpl.php
index a8f7669..106279c 100644
--- a/Theme/Backend/task-create.tpl.php
+++ b/Theme/Backend/task-create.tpl.php
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ echo $this->getData('nav')->render(); ?>
                     <table class="layout wf-100" style="table-layout: fixed">
                         <tbody>
                         <tr><td><label for="iReceiver"><?= $this->getHtml('To') ?></label>
-                        <tr><td><?= $this->getData('accGrpSelector')->render('iReceiver', true); ?>
+                        <tr><td><?= $this->getData('accGrpSelector')->render('iReceiver', 'forward', true); ?>
                         <tr><td><label for="iObserver"><?= $this->getHtml('CC') ?></label>
-                        <tr><td><?= $this->getData('accGrpSelector')->render('iCC', false); ?>
+                        <tr><td><?= $this->getData('accGrpSelector')->render('iCC', 'cc', false); ?>
                         <tr><td><label for="iPriority"><?= $this->getHtml('Priority') ?></label>
                         <tr><td>
                             <select id="iPriority" name="priority">