diff --git a/.standard_todo.yml b/.standard_todo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0933abc0..00000000
--- a/.standard_todo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Auto generated files with errors to ignore.
-# Remove from this list as you refactor files.
----
-ignore:
-- lib/ice_cube/parsers/yaml_parser.rb:
-  - Security/YAMLLoad
-- lib/ice_cube/rule.rb:
-  - Security/YAMLLoad
-- spec/examples/serialization_spec.rb:
-  - Security/YAMLLoad
-- spec/examples/to_yaml_spec.rb:
-  - Security/YAMLLoad
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0022b92..e59b38ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Fix for weekly interval results when requesting `occurrences_between` on a narrow range ([#487](https://github.com/seejohnrun/ice_cube/pull/487)) by [@jakebrady5](https://github.com/jakebrady5)
 - When using a rule with hour_of_day validations, and asking for occurrences on the day that DST skips forward, valid occurrences would be missed. ([#464](https://github.com/seejohnrun/ice_cube/pull/464)) by [@jakebrady5](https://github.com/jakebrady5)
 - Include `exrules` when exporting a schedule to YAML, JSON or a Hash. ([#519](https://github.com/ice-cube-ruby/ice_cube/pull/519)) by [@pacso](https://github.com/pacso)
+- Revert [#452](https://github.com/ice-cube-ruby/ice_cube/pull/452) which resolves the issue it introduced, detailed in [#514](https://github.com/ice-cube-ruby/ice_cube/issues/514)
 
 ## [0.16.4] - 2021-10-21
 ### Added
diff --git a/lib/ice_cube/validations/hour_of_day.rb b/lib/ice_cube/validations/hour_of_day.rb
index e0a9c3be..c653cffd 100644
--- a/lib/ice_cube/validations/hour_of_day.rb
+++ b/lib/ice_cube/validations/hour_of_day.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def realign(opening_time, start_time)
 
       first_hour = Array(validations[:hour_of_day]).min_by(&:value)
       time = TimeUtil::TimeWrapper.new(start_time, true)
-      if freq > 1 && base_interval_validation.type == :hour
+      if freq > 1
         offset = first_hour.validate(opening_time, start_time)
         time.add(:hour, offset - freq)
       else
diff --git a/spec/examples/daily_rule_spec.rb b/spec/examples/daily_rule_spec.rb
index 53887774..434f12d8 100644
--- a/spec/examples/daily_rule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/examples/daily_rule_spec.rb
@@ -106,10 +106,25 @@ module IceCube
       schedule.add_recurrence_rule Rule.daily(4).hour_of_day(5).minute_of_hour(45)
       # check assumption 2 -- 1 (2) (3) (4) 5 (6)
       times = schedule.occurrences(t0 + 5 * ONE_DAY)
-      expect(times).to eq([
-        t0 + 5 * ONE_HOUR + 45 * ONE_MINUTE,
-        t0 + 4 * ONE_DAY + 5 * ONE_HOUR + 45 * ONE_MINUTE
-      ])
+      expect(times)
+        .to eq([
+          t0 + 5 * ONE_HOUR + 45 * ONE_MINUTE,
+          t0 + 4 * ONE_DAY + 5 * ONE_HOUR + 45 * ONE_MINUTE
+        ])
+    end
+
+    it "selects the first possible starting occurrence before starting interval" do
+      schedule_start = Time.new(2021, 3, 28, 10, 0, 0, "+00:00")
+      end_time = Time.new(2021, 4, 7, 23, 59, 59, "+00:00")
+      rule = IceCube::Rule.daily(4).hour_of_day(9).minute_of_hour(0).second_of_minute(0)
+      schedule = IceCube::Schedule.new(schedule_start) { |s| s.add_recurrence_rule(rule) }
+
+      expect(schedule.occurrences(end_time))
+        .to eq([
+          Time.new(2021, 3, 29, 9, 0, 0, "+00:00"),
+          Time.new(2021, 4, 2, 9, 0, 0, "+00:00"),
+          Time.new(2021, 4, 6, 9, 0, 0, "+00:00")
+        ])
     end
 
     describe "day validation" do
diff --git a/spec/examples/weekly_rule_spec.rb b/spec/examples/weekly_rule_spec.rb
index 3e8e5719..eda1d59a 100644
--- a/spec/examples/weekly_rule_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/examples/weekly_rule_spec.rb
@@ -357,12 +357,15 @@ module IceCube
       # 26 27 28 29 30 31
       context "when day of start_time does not align with specified day rule" do
         let(:start_time) { Time.utc(2018, 8, 7, 10, 0, 0) }
-        let(:end_time) { Time.utc(2018, 8, 7, 15, 0, 0) }
         let(:biweekly) { IceCube::Rule.weekly(2).day(:saturday).hour_of_day(10) }
-        let(:schedule) { IceCube::Schedule.new(start_time, end_time: end_time) { |s| s.rrule biweekly } }
+        let(:schedule) { IceCube::Schedule.new(start_time, duration: ONE_HOUR) { |s| s.add_recurrence_rule biweekly } }
         let(:range) { [Time.utc(2018, 8, 11, 7, 0, 0), Time.utc(2018, 8, 12, 6, 59, 59)] }
         let(:expected_date) { Time.utc(2018, 8, 11, 10, 0, 0) }
 
+        it "selects the correct first occurrence" do
+          expect(schedule.occurrences(Time.utc(2018, 8, 12))).to match_array [expected_date]
+        end
+
         it "should align to the correct day with the spans option" do
           expect(schedule.occurrences_between(range.first, range.last, spans: true)).to include expected_date
         end