diff --git a/src/AutoTextControl.cpp b/src/AutoTextControl.cpp
index c98da4c..d03d4c4 100644
--- a/src/AutoTextControl.cpp
+++ b/src/AutoTextControl.cpp
@@ -199,3 +199,9 @@ AutoTextControlFilter::SetMessenger(BMessenger* msgr)
 		delete fMessenger;
 	fMessenger = msgr;
 }
+
+BMessenger*
+AutoTextControlFilter::GetMessenger()
+{
+	return fMessenger;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/AutoTextControl.h b/src/AutoTextControl.h
index 4991d3a..f573a24 100644
--- a/src/AutoTextControl.h
+++ b/src/AutoTextControl.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class AutoTextControlFilter : public BMessageFilter {
 
 	void SendMessage(BMessage* msg);
 	void SetMessenger(BMessenger* msgr);
+	BMessenger* GetMessenger();
 
 private:
 	AutoTextControl* fBox;
diff --git a/src/CategoryBox.cpp b/src/CategoryBox.cpp
index cc82e07..bbbbdf1 100644
--- a/src/CategoryBox.cpp
+++ b/src/CategoryBox.cpp
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ CategoryBox::SetTypeFromCategory(BString category)
 	}
 
 	bool success = true;
-	if (!categoryExists)
+	if (!categoryExists
+		&& category.ICompare(B_TRANSLATE_CONTEXT("Split transaction", "CommonTerms")) != 0)
 		bool success = AddNewCategory(category);
 
 	return success;
diff --git a/src/CategoryButton.cpp b/src/CategoryButton.cpp
index 8b0eee4..63dd662 100644
--- a/src/CategoryButton.cpp
+++ b/src/CategoryButton.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "CategoryButton.h"
 #include "Database.h"
 #include "MainWindow.h"
+#include "SplitView.h"
 
 #include <Bitmap.h>
 #include <Catalog.h>
@@ -58,8 +59,13 @@ CategoryButton::MessageReceived(BMessage* msg)
 			BString category;
 			msg->FindString("category", &category);
 			fCategoryBox->SetText(category);
-			fCategoryBox->Validate();
+			bool success = fCategoryBox->Validate();
 
+			if (success) {
+				BMessenger* msgr(fCategoryBox->GetFilter()->GetMessenger());
+				BMessage notice(M_SPLIT_CATEGORY_CHANGED);
+				msgr->SendMessage(&notice);
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 		default: