diff --git a/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/accounts/AccountService.java b/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/accounts/AccountService.java
index 2b8671db7e5ab0d92d6fd16276e0a8a6c7e1f39c..77dc5981a543faf595c31e7ad43f1a9f2b361357 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/accounts/AccountService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/accounts/AccountService.java
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ public class AccountService implements Resetable
 		transactionService.deleteTransactionsWithAccount(accountToDelete);
 		accountToDelete.setReferringTransactions(new ArrayList<>());
 
-		List<Account> accounts = accountRepository.findAll();
-		accounts.remove(accountToDelete);
-
-		Account newSelectedAccount = accounts.get(0);
-		selectAccount(newSelectedAccount.getID());
+		// select "all accounts" as selected account
+		selectAccount(accountRepository.findAllByType(AccountType.ALL).get(0).getID());
 
+		// set new default if necessary
 		if(accountToDelete.isDefault())
 		{
-			setAsDefaultAccount(accountRepository.findAllByType(AccountType.CUSTOM).get(0).getID());
+			List<Account> accounts = accountRepository.findAllByType(AccountType.CUSTOM);
+			accounts.remove(accountToDelete);
+			setAsDefaultAccount(accounts.get(0).getID());
 		}
 
 		accountRepository.delete(ID);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/transactions/TransactionService.java b/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/transactions/TransactionService.java
index f50a0005c6e2e94d5d1727f3dd15d1a4f739d1b8..f88181ce190d7401dc0b6ca40481c70a235ac1ef 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/transactions/TransactionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/deadlocker8/budgetmaster/transactions/TransactionService.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 @Service
 public class TransactionService implements Resetable
 {
+	private final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
 	private TransactionRepository transactionRepository;
 	private RepeatingOptionRepository repeatingOptionRepository;
 	private CategoryRepository categoryRepository;
@@ -141,6 +142,12 @@ public class TransactionService implements Resetable
 	private void deleteTransactionInRepo(Integer ID)
 	{
 		Transaction transactionToDelete = transactionRepository.findOne(ID);
+		if(transactionToDelete == null)
+		{
+			LOGGER.debug("Skipping already deleted transaction with ID: " + ID);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// handle repeating transactions
 		if(transactionToDelete.getRepeatingOption() == null)
 		{