diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index 8e9c395d0c..1816fc9f63 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         $asset->depreciate              = '0';
         $asset->status_id               = $request->get('status_id', 0);
         $asset->warranty_months         = $request->get('warranty_months', null);
-        $asset->purchase_cost           = $request->get('purchase_cost'); // this is the API's store method, so I don't know that I want to do this? Confusing. FIXME (or not?!)
+        $asset->purchase_cost           = $request->get('purchase_cost');
+        $asset->asset_eol_date          = $request->get('asset_eol_date', $asset->present()->eol_date());
         $asset->purchase_date           = $request->get('purchase_date', null);
         $asset->assigned_to             = $request->get('assigned_to', null);
         $asset->supplier_id             = $request->get('supplier_id');
@@ -558,6 +559,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         $asset->rtd_location_id         = $request->get('rtd_location_id', null);
         $asset->location_id             = $request->get('rtd_location_id', null);
 
+
         /**
         * this is here just legacy reasons. Api\AssetController
         * used image_source  once to allow encoded image uploads.
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
index b385222bd3..2a93845507 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Assets/AssetsController.php
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             $asset->depreciate              = '0';
             $asset->status_id               = request('status_id');
             $asset->warranty_months         = request('warranty_months', null);
-            $asset->purchase_cost           = $request->get('purchase_cost');
+            $asset->purchase_cost           = request('purchase_cost');
             $asset->purchase_date           = request('purchase_date', null);
-            $asset->asset_eol_date          = request('asset_eol_date', null);
+            $asset->asset_eol_date          = request('asset_eol_date', $asset->present()->eol_date());
             $asset->assigned_to             = request('assigned_to', null);
             $asset->supplier_id             = request('supplier_id', null);
             $asset->requestable             = request('requestable', 0);