diff --git a/app/Jobs/Invoice/CreateEInvoice.php b/app/Jobs/Invoice/CreateEInvoice.php
index ff4e87d7e872..dc2fdfba1d39 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/Invoice/CreateEInvoice.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/Invoice/CreateEInvoice.php
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ class CreateEInvoice implements ShouldQueue
 
         /* Set customized translations _NOW_ */
         $t->replace(Ninja::transformTranslations($this->invoice->client->getMergedSettings()));
-        
+
         $e_invoice_type = $this->invoice->client->getSetting('e_invoice_type');
-        
+
         switch ($e_invoice_type) {
             case "EN16931":
             case "XInvoice_2_2":
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ class CreateEInvoice implements ShouldQueue
             case "XInvoice-Extended":
             case "XInvoice-BasicWL":
             case "XInvoice-Basic":
-                return (new ZugferdEInvoice($this->invoice, $this->alterPDF, $this->custom_pdf_path))->run();
+                return (new ZugferdEInvoice($this->invoice))->run();
             case "Facturae_3.2":
             case "Facturae_3.2.1":
             case "Facturae_3.2.2":
                 return (new FacturaEInvoice($this->invoice, str_replace("Facturae_", "", $e_invoice_type)))->run();
             default:
-                return (new ZugferdEInvoice($this->invoice, $this->alterPDF, $this->custom_pdf_path))->run();
+                return (new ZugferdEInvoice($this->invoice))->run();
 
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Services/Invoice/EInvoice/ZugferdEInvoice.php b/app/Services/Invoice/EInvoice/ZugferdEInvoice.php
index 823662f73c90..687f8431e80f 100644
--- a/app/Services/Invoice/EInvoice/ZugferdEInvoice.php
+++ b/app/Services/Invoice/EInvoice/ZugferdEInvoice.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use horstoeko\zugferd\codelists\ZugferdDutyTaxFeeCategories;
 class ZugferdEInvoice extends AbstractService
 {
 
-    public function __construct(public Invoice $invoice, private bool $alterPDF, private string $custom_pdf_path = "", private array $tax_map = [])
+    public function __construct(public Invoice $invoice, private array $tax_map = [])
     {
     }
 
@@ -175,22 +175,6 @@ class ZugferdEInvoice extends AbstractService
         $xrechnung->writeFile(Storage::disk($disk)->path($client->e_invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()) . $this->invoice->getFileName("xml")));
         // The validity can be checked using https://portal3.gefeg.com/invoice/validation or https://e-rechnung.bayern.de/app/#/upload
 
-        if ($this->alterPDF) {
-            if ($this->custom_pdf_path != "") {
-                $pdfBuilder = new ZugferdDocumentPdfBuilder($xrechnung, $this->custom_pdf_path);
-                $pdfBuilder->generateDocument();
-                $pdfBuilder->saveDocument($this->custom_pdf_path);
-            } else {
-                $filepath_pdf = $client->invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()) . $this->invoice->getFileName();
-                $file = Storage::disk($disk)->exists($filepath_pdf);
-                if ($file) {
-                    $pdfBuilder = new ZugferdDocumentPdfBuilder($xrechnung, Storage::disk($disk)->path($filepath_pdf));
-                    $pdfBuilder->generateDocument();
-                    $pdfBuilder->saveDocument(Storage::disk($disk)->path($filepath_pdf));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         return $client->e_invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()) . $this->invoice->getFileName("xml");
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceXInvoice.php b/app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceEInvoice.php
similarity index 96%
rename from app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceXInvoice.php
rename to app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceEInvoice.php
index c3f312382058..6b6dac9f544f 100644
--- a/app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceXInvoice.php
+++ b/app/Services/Invoice/GetInvoiceEInvoice.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use App\Models\Invoice;
 use App\Services\AbstractService;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
 
-class GetInvoiceXInvoice extends AbstractService
+class GetInvoiceEInvoice extends AbstractService
 {
     public function __construct(public Invoice $invoice, public ?ClientContact $contact = null)
     {
diff --git a/app/Services/Invoice/InvoiceService.php b/app/Services/Invoice/InvoiceService.php
index fa4fb4036187..8558c0128ec6 100644
--- a/app/Services/Invoice/InvoiceService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Invoice/InvoiceService.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class InvoiceService
 
         return $this;
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * applyPaymentAmount
      *
@@ -194,9 +194,13 @@ class InvoiceService
 
     public function getEInvoice($contact = null)
     {
-        return (new GetInvoiceXInvoice($this->invoice, $contact))->run();
+        return (new GetInvoiceEInvoice($this->invoice, $contact))->run();
     }
 
+    public function mergeEInvoice($contact = null): void
+    {
+        (new MergeEInvoice($this->invoice, $contact))->run();
+    }
     public function sendEmail($contact = null)
     {
         $send_email = new SendEmail($this->invoice, null, $contact);
diff --git a/app/Services/Invoice/MergeEInvoice.php b/app/Services/Invoice/MergeEInvoice.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d05d61abaf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Services/Invoice/MergeEInvoice.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services\Invoice;
+
+use App\Models\ClientContact;
+use App\Models\Invoice;
+use App\Services\AbstractService;
+use horstoeko\zugferd\ZugferdDocumentPdfBuilder;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;
+use horstoeko\zugferd\ZugferdDocumentReader;
+
+class MergeEInvoice extends AbstractService
+{
+    public function __construct(public Invoice $invoice, public ?ClientContact $contact = null)
+    {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    public function run(): void
+    {
+        $e_invoice_type = $this->invoice->client->getSetting('e_invoice_type');
+        switch ($e_invoice_type) {
+            case "EN16931":
+            case "XInvoice_2_2":
+            case "XInvoice_2_1":
+            case "XInvoice_2_0":
+            case "XInvoice_1_0":
+            case "XInvoice-Extended":
+            case "XInvoice-BasicWL":
+            case "XInvoice-Basic":
+               $this->embedEInvoiceZuGFerD();
+            //case "Facturae_3.2":
+            //case "Facturae_3.2.1":
+            //case "Facturae_3.2.2":
+             //
+            default:
+                $this->embedEInvoiceZuGFerD();
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    private function embedEInvoiceZuGFerD(): void
+    {
+        $filepath_pdf = $this->invoice->client->invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()) . $this->invoice->getFileName();
+        $e_invoice_path = $this->invoice->client->e_invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()) . $this->invoice->getFileName("xml");
+        $document = ZugferdDocumentReader::readAndGuessFromFile($e_invoice_path);
+        $disk = config('filesystems.default');
+
+        if (!Storage::disk($disk)->exists($this->invoice->client->e_invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()))) {
+            Storage::makeDirectory($this->invoice->client->e_invoice_filepath($this->invoice->invitations->first()));
+        }
+        $pdfBuilder = new ZugferdDocumentPdfBuilder($document, Storage::disk($disk)->path($filepath_pdf));
+        $pdfBuilder->generateDocument();
+        $pdfBuilder->saveDocument(Storage::disk($disk)->path($filepath_pdf));
+    }
+}