diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
index 9f0055a5fe..49d7a4c9eb 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/UpgradeDatabase.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class UpgradeDatabase extends Command
             'firefly-iii:migrate-recurrence-meta',
             'firefly-iii:migrate-tag-locations',
             'firefly-iii:migrate-recurrence-type',
+            'firefly-iii:upgrade-liabilities',
 
             // there are 16 verify commands.
             'firefly-iii:fix-piggies',
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/IndexController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/IndexController.php
index 9d9ecabc80..f9b30d3059 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/IndexController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/IndexController.php
@@ -165,14 +165,11 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
                 $account->endBalance          = $this->isInArray($endBalances, $account->id);
                 $account->difference          = bcsub($account->endBalance, $account->startBalance);
                 $account->interest            = number_format((float)$this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'interest'), 4, '.', '');
-                $account->interestPeriod      = (string)trans(
-                    sprintf('firefly.interest_calc_%s', $this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'interest_period'))
-                );
+                $account->interestPeriod      = (string)trans(sprintf('firefly.interest_calc_%s', $this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'interest_period')));
                 $account->accountTypeString   = (string)trans(sprintf('firefly.account_type_%s', $account->accountType->type));
                 $account->location            = $this->repository->getLocation($account);
-
                 $account->liability_direction = $this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'liability_direction');
-                $account->current_debt = $this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'current_debt') ?? '-';
+                $account->current_debt        = $this->repository->getMetaValue($account, 'current_debt') ?? '-';
             }
         );
         // make paginator:
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
index d041c061f9..6740e11ba4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/System/InstallController.php
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class InstallController extends Controller
             'firefly-iii:migrate-recurrence-meta'      => [],
             'firefly-iii:migrate-tag-locations'        => [],
             'firefly-iii:migrate-recurrence-type'      => [],
+            'firefly-iii:upgrade-liabilities'          => [],
 
             // verify commands
             'firefly-iii:fix-piggies'                  => [],
diff --git a/app/Models/Account.php b/app/Models/Account.php
index fd7e650407..eecbd71487 100644
--- a/app/Models/Account.php
+++ b/app/Models/Account.php
@@ -88,7 +88,16 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
  * @method static Builder|Account withTrashed()
  * @method static Builder|Account withoutTrashed()
  * @mixin Eloquent
- * @property Carbon $lastActivityDate
+ * @property Carbon                                                                         $lastActivityDate
+ * @property string                                                                         $startBalance
+ * @property string                                                                         $endBalance
+ * @property string $difference
+ * @property string $interest
+ * @property string $interestPeriod
+ * @property string $accountTypeString
+ * @property string $location
+ * @property string $liability_direction
+ * @property string $current_debt
  */
 class Account extends Model
 {
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index 539d02365c..173f51f445 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -1332,6 +1332,7 @@ return [
     'liability_direction_debit'                 => 'I owe this debt to somebody else',
     'liability_direction_credit_short'          => 'Owed this debt',
     'liability_direction_debit_short'           => 'Owe this debt',
+    'liability_direction__short'                => 'Unknown',
     'Liability credit'                          => 'Liability credit',
     'budgets'                                   => 'Budgets',
     'tags'                                      => 'Tags',