diff --git a/app/Import/ImportValidator.php b/app/Import/ImportValidator.php
index 0c148b0c20..0b916a053b 100644
--- a/app/Import/ImportValidator.php
+++ b/app/Import/ImportValidator.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Log;
+use Preferences;
 
 /**
  * Class ImportValidator
@@ -357,13 +358,16 @@ class ImportValidator
     {
         if (is_null($entry->fields['currency'])) {
             /** @var CurrencyRepositoryInterface $repository */
-            $repository                = app(CurrencyRepositoryInterface::class);
-            $entry->fields['currency'] = $repository->findByCode(env('DEFAULT_CURRENCY', 'EUR'));
-            Log::debug('Set currency to EUR');
+            $repository = app(CurrencyRepositoryInterface::class, [$this->user]);
+            // is the default currency for the user or the system
+            $defaultCode = Preferences::getForUser($this->user, 'currencyPreference', env('DEFAULT_CURRENCY', 'EUR'))->data;
+
+            $entry->fields['currency'] = $repository->findByCode($defaultCode);
+            Log::debug(sprintf('Set currency to %s', $defaultCode));
 
             return $entry;
         }
-        Log::debug('Currency is OK');
+        Log::debug(sprintf('Currency is OK: %s', $entry->fields['currency']->code));
 
         return $entry;
     }
diff --git a/app/Support/Amount.php b/app/Support/Amount.php
index 0b3620d1e5..7aa23d6324 100644
--- a/app/Support/Amount.php
+++ b/app/Support/Amount.php
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class Amount
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return TransactionCurrency
+     * @return \FireflyIII\Models\TransactionCurrency
      */
     public function getDefaultCurrency(): TransactionCurrency
     {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ class Amount
         if ($cache->has()) {
             return $cache->get();
         }
-        $currencyPreference = Prefs::get('currencyPreference', 'EUR');
+        $currencyPreference = Prefs::get('currencyPreference', env('DEFAULT_CURRENCY', 'EUR'));
         $currency           = TransactionCurrency::whereCode($currencyPreference->data)->first();
         $cache->store($currency);
 
diff --git a/app/Support/Preferences.php b/app/Support/Preferences.php
index 46a93ad058..d505c4fd77 100644
--- a/app/Support/Preferences.php
+++ b/app/Support/Preferences.php
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ class Preferences
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param User        $user
-     * @param      string $name
-     * @param string      $default
+     * @param \FireflyIII\User $user
+     * @param      string      $name
+     * @param string           $default
      *
-     * @return Preference|null
+     * @return \FireflyIII\Models\Preference|null
      */
     public function getForUser(User $user, $name, $default = null)
     {