diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
index 7e6040fc2b..9aefd01b86 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TransactionController.php
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ class TransactionController extends Controller
             Session::flash('info', $att->getMessages()->get('attachments'));
         }
 
-        event(new TransactionJournalStored($journal, intval($request->get('piggy_bank_id'))));
+        event(new TransactionJournalStored($journal, intval($journalData['piggy_bank_id'])));
 
         Session::flash('success', strval(trans('firefly.stored_journal', ['description' => e($journal->description)])));
         Preferences::mark();
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
index 8b8886b76b..db26820994 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class JournalFormRequest extends Request
             'budget_id'                 => intval($this->get('budget_id')),
             'category'                  => $this->get('category') ?? '',
             'tags'                      => explode(',', $tags),
+            'piggy_bank_id'             => $this->get('piggy_bank_id') ? intval($this->get('piggy_bank_id')) : 0,
         ];
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class JournalFormRequest extends Request
             'interest_date'             => 'date',
             'category'                  => 'between:1,255',
             'amount_currency_id_amount' => 'required|exists:transaction_currencies,id',
-
+            'piggy_bank_id'             => 'numeric',
         ];
 
         switch ($what) {