diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SplitController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SplitController.php
index 2f0b407cc9..a3ea3b0efc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SplitController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/SplitController.php
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use ExpandedForm;
 use FireflyIII\Events\UpdatedTransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Attachments\AttachmentHelperInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
+use FireflyIII\Http\Requests\SplitJournalFormRequest;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AccountType;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
@@ -126,25 +127,24 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
             compact(
                 'subTitleIcon', 'currencies', 'optionalFields',
                 'preFilled', 'subTitle', 'uploadSize', 'assetAccounts',
-                'budgets', 'journal', 'accountArray'
+                'budgets', 'journal', 'accountArray', 'previous'
             )
         );
     }
 
 
     /**
-     * @param Request                    $request
+     * @param SplitJournalFormRequest    $request
      * @param JournalRepositoryInterface $repository
      * @param TransactionJournal         $journal
      *
      * @return $this|\Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
      */
-    public function update(Request $request, JournalRepositoryInterface $repository, TransactionJournal $journal)
+    public function update(SplitJournalFormRequest $request, JournalRepositoryInterface $repository, TransactionJournal $journal)
     {
         if ($this->isOpeningBalance($journal)) {
             return $this->redirectToAccount($journal);
         }
-
         $data    = $this->arrayFromInput($request);
         $journal = $repository->updateSplitJournal($journal, $data);
         /** @var array $files */
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param Request $request
+     * @param SplitJournalFormRequest $request
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    private function arrayFromInput(Request $request): array
+    private function arrayFromInput(SplitJournalFormRequest $request): array
     {
         $array = [
             'journal_description'            => $request->get('journal_description'),
@@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param Request            $request
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     * @param SplitJournalFormRequest $request
+     * @param TransactionJournal      $journal
      *
      * @return array
      */
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
             // transactions.
             'transactions'                   => $this->getTransactionDataFromJournal($journal),
         ];
+        // update transactions array with old request data.
+        $array['transactions'] = $this->updateWithPrevious($array['transactions'], $request->old());
 
         return $array;
     }
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
      *
      * @return array
      */
-    private function getTransactionDataFromRequest(Request $request): array
+    private function getTransactionDataFromRequest(SplitJournalFormRequest $request): array
     {
         $return       = [];
         $transactions = $request->get('transactions');
@@ -323,5 +325,36 @@ class SplitController extends Controller
         return $return;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param $array
+     * @param $old
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function updateWithPrevious($array, $old): array
+    {
+        if (count($old) === 0 || !isset($old['transactions'])) {
+            return $array;
+        }
+        $old = $old['transactions'];
+        foreach ($old as $index => $row) {
+            if (isset($array[$index])) {
+                $array[$index] = array_merge($array[$index], $row);
+                continue;
+            }
+            // take some info from first transaction, that should at least exist.
+            $array[$index]                                = $row;
+            $array[$index]['transaction_currency_id']     = $array[0]['transaction_currency_id'];
+            $array[$index]['transaction_currency_code']   = $array[0]['transaction_currency_code'];
+            $array[$index]['transaction_currency_symbol'] = $array[0]['transaction_currency_symbol'];
+            $array[$index]['foreign_amount']              = round($array[0]['foreign_destination_amount'] ?? '0', 12);
+            $array[$index]['foreign_currency_id']         = $array[0]['foreign_currency_id'];
+            $array[$index]['foreign_currency_code']       = $array[0]['foreign_currency_code'];
+            $array[$index]['foreign_currency_symbol']     = $array[0]['foreign_currency_symbol'];
+        }
+
+        return $array;
+    }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
index 12d35d8617..f38acfbc4d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/JournalFormRequest.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class JournalFormRequest extends Request
             // foreign currency amounts
             'native_amount'            => 'numeric|more:0',
             'source_amount'            => 'numeric|more:0',
-            'destination_amount'       => 'numeric|more:0',
+            'destination_amount'       => 'numeric',
         ];
 
         // some rules get an upgrade depending on the type of data:
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/SplitJournalFormRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/SplitJournalFormRequest.php
index 2c1fab0dac..1a2f0defa3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/SplitJournalFormRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/SplitJournalFormRequest.php
@@ -61,23 +61,23 @@ class SplitJournalFormRequest extends Request
     public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
-            'what'                          => 'required|in:withdrawal,deposit,transfer',
-            'journal_description'           => 'required|between:1,255',
-            'id'                            => 'numeric|belongsToUser:transaction_journals,id',
-            'journal_source_account_id'     => 'numeric|belongsToUser:accounts,id',
-            'journal_source_account_name.*' => 'between:1,255',
-            'journal_currency_id'           => 'required|exists:transaction_currencies,id',
-            'date'                          => 'required|date',
-            'interest_date'                 => 'date',
-            'book_date'                     => 'date',
-            'process_date'                  => 'date',
-            'description.*'                 => 'required|between:1,255',
-            'destination_account_id.*'      => 'numeric|belongsToUser:accounts,id',
-            'destination_account_name.*'    => 'between:1,255',
-            'amount.*'                      => 'required|numeric',
-            'budget_id.*'                   => 'belongsToUser:budgets,id',
-            'category.*'                    => 'between:1,255',
-            'piggy_bank_id.*'               => 'between:1,255',
+            'what'                                    => 'required|in:withdrawal,deposit,transfer',
+            'journal_description'                     => 'required|between:1,255',
+            'id'                                      => 'numeric|belongsToUser:transaction_journals,id',
+            'journal_source_account_id'               => 'numeric|belongsToUser:accounts,id',
+            'journal_source_account_name.*'           => 'between:1,255',
+            'journal_currency_id'                     => 'required|exists:transaction_currencies,id',
+            'date'                                    => 'required|date',
+            'interest_date'                           => 'date',
+            'book_date'                               => 'date',
+            'process_date'                            => 'date',
+            'transactions.*.description'              => 'required|between:1,255',
+            'transactions.*.destination_account_id'   => 'numeric|belongsToUser:accounts,id',
+            'transactions.*.destination_account_name' => 'between:1,255',
+            'transactions.*.amount'                   => 'required|numeric',
+            'transactions.*.budget_id'                => 'belongsToUser:budgets,id',
+            'transactions.*.category'                 => 'between:1,255',
+            'transactions.*.piggy_bank_id'            => 'between:1,255',
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/transactions/split/edit.twig b/resources/views/transactions/split/edit.twig
index 095202f46c..ddbbdd6c4a 100644
--- a/resources/views/transactions/split/edit.twig
+++ b/resources/views/transactions/split/edit.twig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         <input name="_token" type="hidden" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
         <input type="hidden" name="id" value="{{ journal.id }}"/>
         <input type="hidden" name="what" value="{{ preFilled.what }}"/>
+        <input type="hidden" name="journal_currency_id" value="{{ journal.transaction_currency_id }}"/>
 
         {% if errors.all()|length > 0 %}
             <div class="row">