diff --git a/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/types.go
index e11b3f4..9679af5 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/types.go
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ type Schedule struct {
 	Type ScheduleType `json:"type"`
 	// Defines the details of a Repeating schedule.
 	// +optional
-	Period SchedulePeriod `json:"period"`
+	Period *SchedulePeriod `json:"period,omitempty"`
 	// Defines the starting date of a OneTime schedule. It has to
 	// be a RFC3339 formated date.
 	// +optional
-	Date ScheduleDate `json:"date"`
+	Date *ScheduleDate `json:"date,omitempty"`
 	// The duration in minutes that the configured value will be
 	// returned for the defined schedule.
 	DurationMinutes int `json:"durationMinutes"`
diff --git a/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index f46bc75..4e125d3 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/zalando.org/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -170,7 +170,16 @@ func (in *ScalingScheduleSpec) DeepCopy() *ScalingScheduleSpec {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *Schedule) DeepCopyInto(out *Schedule) {
 	*out = *in
-	in.Period.DeepCopyInto(&out.Period)
+	if in.Period != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Period, &out.Period
+		*out = new(SchedulePeriod)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
+	if in.Date != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Date, &out.Date
+		*out = new(ScheduleDate)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector.go b/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector.go
index 664dbf4..8281765 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func calculateMetrics(schedules []v1.Schedule, now time.Time, objectReference cu
 				}
 			}
 		case v1.OneTimeSchedule:
-			scheduledTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, string(schedule.Date))
+			scheduledTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, string(*schedule.Date))
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, ErrInvalidScheduleDate
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector_test.go b/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector_test.go
index 3d83df9..e0f8fc5 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/scaling_schedule_collector_test.go
@@ -670,23 +670,25 @@ func getSchedules(schedules []schedule) (result []v1.Schedule) {
 	for _, schedule := range schedules {
 		switch schedule.kind {
 		case string(v1.OneTimeSchedule):
+			date := v1.ScheduleDate(schedule.date)
 			result = append(result,
 				v1.Schedule{
 					Type:            v1.OneTimeSchedule,
-					Date:            v1.ScheduleDate(schedule.date),
+					Date:            &date,
 					DurationMinutes: schedule.duration,
 					Value:           schedule.value,
 				},
 			)
 		case string(v1.RepeatingSchedule):
+			period := v1.SchedulePeriod{
+				StartTime: schedule.startTime,
+				Days:      schedule.days,
+				Timezone:  schedule.timezone,
+			}
 			result = append(result,
 				v1.Schedule{
-					Type: v1.RepeatingSchedule,
-					Period: v1.SchedulePeriod{
-						StartTime: schedule.startTime,
-						Days:      schedule.days,
-						Timezone:  schedule.timezone,
-					},
+					Type:            v1.RepeatingSchedule,
+					Period:          &period,
 					DurationMinutes: schedule.duration,
 					Value:           schedule.value,
 				},