diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
index 43c5ae6beb..43839ef11a 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/RuleController.php
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ class RuleController extends Controller
         $limit = Config::get('firefly.test-triggers.limit');
         $range = Config::get('firefly.test-triggers.range');
 
+        $matcher = new TransactionMatcher;
+
         // Dispatch the actual work to a matched object
         $matchingTransactions
             = (new TransactionMatcher($triggers))
diff --git a/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
index 4778466848..9dcc4b7aae 100644
--- a/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
+++ b/app/Rules/TransactionMatcher.php
@@ -29,16 +29,6 @@ class TransactionMatcher
     /** @var array List of triggers to match */
     protected $triggers = [];
 
-    /**
-     * Default constructor
-     *
-     * @param $triggers
-     */
-    public function __construct($triggers)
-    {
-        $this->setTriggers($triggers);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Find matching transactions for the current set of triggers
      *