diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
index 5734d577feb7..465edcc852de 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseApiController.php
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+
 use App\Models\Expense;
 use App\Ninja\Repositories\ExpenseRepository;
 use App\Services\ExpenseService;
@@ -75,8 +76,8 @@ class ExpenseApiController extends BaseAPIController
         $expense = $this->expenseRepo->save($request->input());
 
         $expense = Expense::scope($expense->public_id)
-                    ->with('client', 'invoice', 'vendor')
-                    ->first();
+            ->with('client', 'invoice', 'vendor')
+            ->first();
 
         return $this->itemResponse($expense);
     }
@@ -146,4 +147,6 @@ class ExpenseApiController extends BaseAPIController
     }
 
 
+
+
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f752347355f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ExpenseCategoryApiController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use View;
+use Utils;
+use Input;
+use Session;
+use App\Services\ExpenseCategoryService;
+use App\Http\Requests\CreateExpenseCategoryRequest;
+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 update(UpdateExpenseCategoryRequest $request)
+    {
+        $category = $this->categoryRepo->save($request->input(), $request->entity());
+
+        return $this->itemResponse($category);
+    }
+
+    public function store(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 dbb061e0ae29..378b679a0198 100644
--- a/app/Http/routes.php
+++ b/app/Http/routes.php
@@ -309,7 +309,8 @@ Route::group(['middleware' => 'api', 'prefix' => 'api/v1'], function()
     Route::get('dashboard', 'DashboardApiController@index');
     Route::resource('documents', 'DocumentAPIController');
     Route::resource('vendors', 'VendorApiController');
-    Route::resource('expenses', 'ExpenseApiController');
+    Route::post('createExpenseCategory', 'ExpenseCategoryApiController@store');
+    Route::put('updateExpenseCategory/{expense_category_id}', 'ExpenseCategoryApiController@update');
 });
 
 // Redirects for legacy links