diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
index 8ce45cefd439..465edcc852de 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
-use App\Http\Requests\CreateExpenseCategoryRequest;
-use App\Http\Requests\Request;
-use App\Http\Requests\UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest;
+
 use App\Models\Expense;
-use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseCategoryRepository;
 use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseRepository;
 use App\Services\ExpenseService;
 use App\Http\Requests\ExpenseRequest;
@@ -16,17 +13,15 @@ class ExpenseApiController extends BaseAPIController
     // Expenses
     protected $expenseRepo;
     protected $expenseService;
-    protected $categoryRepo;
 
     protected $entityType = ENTITY_EXPENSE;
 
-    public function __construct(ExpenseCategoryRepository $categoryRepo, ExpenseRepository $expenseRepo, ExpenseService $expenseService)
+    public function __construct(ExpenseRepository $expenseRepo, ExpenseService $expenseService)
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
         $this->expenseRepo = $expenseRepo;
         $this->expenseService = $expenseService;
-        $this->categoryRepo = $categoryRepo;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -152,19 +147,6 @@ class ExpenseApiController extends BaseAPIController
     }
 
 
-    public function updateCategory(UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest $request)
-    {
-        $category = $this->categoryRepo->save($request->input(), $request->entity());
 
-        return $this->itemResponse($category);
-    }
-
-    public function addCategory(CreateExpenseCategoryRequest $request)
-    {
-        $category = $this->categoryRepo->save($request->input());
-
-        return $this->itemResponse($category);
-
-    }
 
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36b21e5625bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use View;
+use Utils;
+use Input;
+use Session;
+use App\Services\ExpenseCategoryService;
+use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseCategoryRepository;
+use App\Http\Requests\CreateExpenseCategoryRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest;
+use App\Http\Requests\UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest;
+use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseCategoryRepository;
+
+
+class ExpenseCategoryApiController extends BaseAPIController
+{
+    protected $categoryRepo;
+    protected $categoryService;
+    protected $entityType = ENTITY_EXPENSE_CATEGORY;
+
+    public function __construct(ExpenseCategoryRepository $categoryRepo, ExpenseCategoryService $categoryService)
+    {
+        $this->categoryRepo = $categoryRepo;
+        $this->categoryService = $categoryService;
+    }
+
+    public function updateCategory(UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest $request)
+    {
+        $category = $this->categoryRepo->save($request->input(), $request->entity());
+
+        return $this->itemResponse($category);
+    }
+
+    public function addCategory(CreateExpenseCategoryRequest $request)
+    {
+        $category = $this->categoryRepo->save($request->input());
+
+        return $this->itemResponse($category);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Http/routes.php b/app/Http/routes.php
index 07a29b090345..378b679a0198 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => 'api', 'prefix' => 'api/v1'], function()
     Route::get('dashboard', 'DashboardApiController@index');
     Route::resource('documents', 'DocumentAPIController');
     Route::resource('vendors', 'VendorApiController');
-    Route::post('createExpenseCategory', 'ExpenseApiController@addCategory');
-    Route::put('updateExpenseCategory/{expense_category_id}', 'ExpenseApiController@updateCategory');
+    Route::post('createExpenseCategory', 'ExpenseCategoryApiController@store');
+    Route::put('updateExpenseCategory/{expense_category_id}', 'ExpenseCategoryApiController@update');
 });
 
 // Redirects for legacy links