diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
index 2d0f070bbb..c4401c21dd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php
@@ -226,10 +226,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
         // grouped other months thing:
         // oldest transaction in account:
-        $start = $repository->firstUseDate($account);
-        if ($start->year == 1900) {
-            $start = new Carbon;
-        }
+        $start   = $repository->firstUseDate($account);
         $range   = Preferences::get('viewRange', '1M')->data;
         $start   = Navigation::startOfPeriod($start, $range);
         $end     = Navigation::endOfX(new Carbon, $range);
@@ -244,8 +241,9 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
 
         if ($cache->has()) {
-            //            $entries = $cache->get();
-            //            return view('accounts.show', compact('account', 'what', 'entries', 'subTitleIcon', 'journals', 'subTitle'));
+            $entries = $cache->get();
+
+            return view('accounts.show', compact('account', 'what', 'entries', 'subTitleIcon', 'journals', 'subTitle'));
         }
 
         // only include asset accounts when this account is an asset:
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
index dd67f0f60d..bce6c9650b 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepository.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace FireflyIII\Repositories\Account;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use DB;
+use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\PiggyBank;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
@@ -85,13 +86,15 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the date of the first time the Account has been used, or today if it has never been used.
+     *
      * @param Account $account
      *
      * @return Carbon
      */
     public function firstUseDate(Account $account): Carbon
     {
-        $first = new Carbon('1900-01-01');
+        $first = new Carbon;
 
         /** @var Transaction $first */
         $date = $account->transactions()
@@ -108,13 +111,22 @@ class AccountRepository implements AccountRepositoryInterface
     }
 
     /**
+     * Returns the transaction from a journal that is related to a given account. Since a journal generally only contains
+     * two transactions, this will return one of the two. This method fails horribly when the journal has more than two transactions,
+     * but luckily it isn't used for such folly.
+     *
      * @param TransactionJournal $journal
      * @param Account            $account
      *
      * @return Transaction
+     * @throws FireflyException
      */
     public function getFirstTransaction(TransactionJournal $journal, Account $account): Transaction
     {
+        $count = $journal->transactions()->count();
+        if ($count > 2) {
+            throw new FireflyException(sprintf('Cannot use getFirstTransaction on journal #%d', $journal->id));
+        }
         $transaction = $journal->transactions()->where('account_id', $account->id)->first();
         if (is_null($transaction)) {
             $transaction = new Transaction;
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
index 83f4b9b84d..c02789239a 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Account/AccountRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ declare(strict_types = 1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Repositories\Account;
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
+use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ interface AccountRepositoryInterface
     public function destroy(Account $account, Account $moveTo): bool;
 
     /**
+     * Returns the date of the first time the Account has been used, or today if it has never been used.
+     *
      * @param Account $account
      *
      * @return Carbon
@@ -54,10 +57,15 @@ interface AccountRepositoryInterface
     public function firstUseDate(Account $account): Carbon;
 
     /**
+     * Returns the transaction from a journal that is related to a given account. Since a journal generally only contains
+     * two transactions, this will return one of the two. This method fails horribly when the journal has more than two transactions,
+     * but luckily it isn't used for such folly.
+     *
      * @param TransactionJournal $journal
      * @param Account            $account
      *
      * @return Transaction
+     * @throws FireflyException
      */
     public function getFirstTransaction(TransactionJournal $journal, Account $account): Transaction;