diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/PeriodOverview.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/PeriodOverview.php
index 1fae6214dd..5218dc8e38 100644
--- a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/PeriodOverview.php
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/PeriodOverview.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ trait PeriodOverview
     protected JournalRepositoryInterface $journalRepos;
 
     /**
-     * This method returns "period entries", so nov-2015, dec-2015, etc etc (this depends on the users session range)
+     * This method returns "period entries", so nov-2015, dec-2015, etc. (this depends on the users session range)
      * and for each period, the amount of money spent and earned. This is a complex operation which is cached for
      * performance reasons.
      *
@@ -97,18 +97,26 @@ trait PeriodOverview
         /** @var array $dates */
         $dates                   = app('navigation')->blockPeriods($start, $end, $range);
         $entries                 = [];
+        $spent= [];
+        $earned = [];
+        $transferredAway = [];
+        $transferredIn = [];
 
         // run a custom query because doing this with the collector is MEGA slow.
         $transactions            = $this->accountRepository->periodCollection($account, $start, $end);
 
         // loop dates
         Log::debug(sprintf('Count of loops: %d', count($dates)));
+        $loops = 0;
+        // stop after 10 loops for memory reasons.
         foreach ($dates as $currentDate) {
             $title                            = app('navigation')->periodShow($currentDate['start'], $currentDate['period']);
-            [$transactions, $spent]           = $this->filterTransactionsByType(TransactionTypeEnum::WITHDRAWAL, $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
-            [$transactions, $earned]          = $this->filterTransactionsByType(TransactionTypeEnum::DEPOSIT, $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
-            [$transactions, $transferredAway] = $this->filterTransfers('away', $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
-            [$transactions, $transferredIn]   = $this->filterTransfers('in', $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+            if($loops < 10) {
+                [$transactions, $spent] = $this->filterTransactionsByType(TransactionTypeEnum::WITHDRAWAL, $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                [$transactions, $earned] = $this->filterTransactionsByType(TransactionTypeEnum::DEPOSIT, $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                [$transactions, $transferredAway] = $this->filterTransfers('away', $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                [$transactions, $transferredIn] = $this->filterTransfers('in', $transactions, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+            }
             $entries[]
                                               = [
                                                   'title'              => $title,
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ trait PeriodOverview
                                                   'transferred_away'   => $this->groupByCurrency($transferredAway),
                                                   'transferred_in'     => $this->groupByCurrency($transferredIn),
                                               ];
+            $loops++;
         }
         $cache->store($entries);
         Timer::stop('account-period-total');
@@ -548,27 +557,29 @@ trait PeriodOverview
         /** @var array $dates */
         $dates         = app('navigation')->blockPeriods($start, $end, $range);
         $entries       = [];
-
+        $spent       = [];
+        $earned      = [];
+        $transferred = [];
         // collect all journals in this period (regardless of type)
         $collector     = app(GroupCollectorInterface::class);
         $collector->setTypes($types)->setRange($start, $end);
         $genericSet    = $collector->getExtractedJournals();
+        $loops = 0;
 
         foreach ($dates as $currentDate) {
-            $spent       = [];
-            $earned      = [];
-            $transferred = [];
             $title       = app('navigation')->periodShow($currentDate['end'], $currentDate['period']);
 
-            // set to correct array
-            if ('expenses' === $transactionType || 'withdrawal' === $transactionType) {
-                $spent = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
-            }
-            if ('revenue' === $transactionType || 'deposit' === $transactionType) {
-                $earned = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
-            }
-            if ('transfer' === $transactionType || 'transfers' === $transactionType) {
-                $transferred = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+            if($loops < 10) {
+                // set to correct array
+                if ('expenses' === $transactionType || 'withdrawal' === $transactionType) {
+                    $spent = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                }
+                if ('revenue' === $transactionType || 'deposit' === $transactionType) {
+                    $earned = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                }
+                if ('transfer' === $transactionType || 'transfers' === $transactionType) {
+                    $transferred = $this->filterJournalsByDate($genericSet, $currentDate['start'], $currentDate['end']);
+                }
             }
             $entries[]
                          = [
@@ -579,6 +590,7 @@ trait PeriodOverview
                              'earned'             => $this->groupByCurrency($earned),
                              'transferred'        => $this->groupByCurrency($transferred),
                          ];
+            $loops++;
         }
 
         return $entries;