diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
index 465edcc852de..2f38a53362de 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ExpenseApiController extends BaseAPIController
     {
         $expenses = Expense::scope()
             ->withTrashed()
-            ->with('client', 'invoice', 'vendor')
+            ->with('client', 'invoice', 'vendor', 'expense_category')
             ->orderBy('created_at','desc');
 
         return $this->listResponse($expenses);
diff --git a/app/Ninja/Transformers/ExpenseTransformer.php b/app/Ninja/Transformers/ExpenseTransformer.php
index 31248deaa154..953eac338aee 100644
--- a/app/Ninja/Transformers/ExpenseTransformer.php
+++ b/app/Ninja/Transformers/ExpenseTransformer.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class ExpenseTransformer extends EntityTransformer
     public function __construct($account = null, $serializer = null, $client = null)
     {
         parent::__construct($account, $serializer);
-        
+
         $this->client = $client;
     }
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ExpenseTransformer extends EntityTransformer
             'transaction_id' => $expense->transaction_id,
             'bank_id' => $expense->bank_id,
             'expense_currency_id' => (int) $expense->expense_currency_id,
-            'expense_category_id' => (int) $expense->expense_category_id,
+            'expense_category_id' => $expense->expense_category ? (int) $expense->expense_category->public_id : null,
             'amount' => (float) $expense->amount,
             'expense_date' => $expense->expense_date,
             'exchange_rate' => (float) $expense->exchange_rate,
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ class ExpenseTransformer extends EntityTransformer
             'vendor_id' => isset($expense->vendor->public_id) ? (int) $expense->vendor->public_id : null,
         ]);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}