diff --git a/app/controllers/RelatedController.php b/app/controllers/RelatedController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a65ae4c15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/RelatedController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<?php
+use FireflyIII\Helper\Related\RelatedInterface;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Class RelatedController
+ */
+class RelatedController extends BaseController
+{
+
+    protected $_repository;
+
+    public function __construct(RelatedInterface $repository)
+    {
+        $this->_repository = $repository;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function alreadyRelated(TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+        $ids = [];
+        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
+        foreach ($journal->transactiongroups()->get() as $group) {
+            /** @var TransactionJournal $loopJournal */
+            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
+                if ($loopJournal->id != $journal->id) {
+                    $ids[] = $loopJournal->id;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        $unique = array_unique($ids);
+        if (count($unique) > 0) {
+
+            $set = $this->_repository->getJournalsByIds($unique);
+            $set->each(
+                function (TransactionJournal $journal) {
+                    $journal->amount = Amount::format($journal->getAmount());
+                }
+            );
+
+            return Response::json($set->toArray());
+        } else {
+            return Response::json((new Collection)->toArray());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $parentJournal
+     * @param TransactionJournal $childJournal
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function relate(TransactionJournal $parentJournal, TransactionJournal $childJournal)
+    {
+        $group           = new TransactionGroup;
+        $group->relation = 'balance';
+        $group->user_id  = $this->_repository->getUser()->id;
+        $group->save();
+        $group->transactionjournals()->save($parentJournal);
+        $group->transactionjournals()->save($childJournal);
+
+        return Response::json(true);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
+     */
+    public function related(TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+        $groups  = $journal->transactiongroups()->get();
+        $members = new Collection;
+        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
+        foreach ($groups as $group) {
+            /** @var TransactionJournal $loopJournal */
+            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
+                if ($loopJournal->id != $journal->id) {
+                    $members->push($loopJournal);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return View::make('related.relate', compact('journal', 'members'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $parentJournal
+     * @param TransactionJournal $childJournal
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public function removeRelation(TransactionJournal $parentJournal, TransactionJournal $childJournal)
+    {
+        $groups = $parentJournal->transactiongroups()->get();
+        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
+        foreach ($groups as $group) {
+            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
+                if ($loopJournal->id == $childJournal->id) {
+                    // remove from group:
+                    $group->transactionjournals()->detach($childJournal);
+                }
+            }
+            if ($group->transactionjournals()->count() == 1) {
+                $group->delete();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return Response::json(true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
+     */
+    public function search(TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+
+        $search = e(trim(Input::get('searchValue')));
+
+        $result = $this->_repository->search($search, $journal);
+        $result->each(
+            function (TransactionJournal $j) {
+                $j->amount = Amount::format($j->getAmount());
+            }
+        );
+
+        return Response::json($result->toArray());
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/controllers/TransactionController.php b/app/controllers/TransactionController.php
index 167da8a6c0..d62fe5a3cb 100644
--- a/app/controllers/TransactionController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/TransactionController.php
@@ -40,44 +40,6 @@ class TransactionController extends BaseController
         View::share('mainTitleIcon', 'fa-repeat');
     }
 
-    /**
-     *
-     * TODO this needs cleaning up and thinking over.
-     *
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     *
-     * @return array|\Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function alreadyRelated(TransactionJournal $journal)
-    {
-
-        $ids = [];
-        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
-        foreach ($journal->transactiongroups()->get() as $group) {
-            /** @var TransactionJournal $loopJournal */
-            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
-                if ($loopJournal->id != $journal->id) {
-                    $ids[] = $loopJournal->id;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        $unique = array_unique($ids);
-        if (count($unique) > 0) {
-
-            $set = $this->_repository->getByIds($unique);
-            $set->each(
-                function (TransactionJournal $journal) {
-                    $journal->amount = Amount::format($journal->getAmount());
-                }
-            );
-
-            return Response::json($set->toArray());
-        } else {
-            return (new Collection)->toArray();
-        }
-    }
 
     /**
      * Shows the view helping the user to create a new transaction journal.
@@ -156,37 +118,6 @@ class TransactionController extends BaseController
         return Redirect::route('transactions.index', $return);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * TODO this needs cleaning up and thinking over.
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     *
-     */
-    public function doRelate()
-    {
-        $brother = intval(Input::get('id'));
-        $sister  = intval(Input::get('relateTo'));
-
-        $journal = $this->_repository->find($brother);
-        $sis     = $this->_repository->find($sister);
-
-        if ($journal && $sis) {
-            $group           = new TransactionGroup;
-            $group->relation = 'balance';
-            $group->user_id  = $this->_repository->getUser()->id;
-            $group->save();
-            $group->transactionjournals()->save($journal);
-            $group->transactionjournals()->save($sis);
-
-            return Response::json(true);
-        }
-
-        return Response::json(false);
-
-
-    }
-
     /**
      * Shows the view to edit a transaction.
      *
@@ -266,54 +197,7 @@ class TransactionController extends BaseController
 
     }
 
-    /**
-     * TODO refactor relate stuff into another controller.
-     *
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\View\View
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     *
-     */
-    public function relate(TransactionJournal $journal)
-    {
-        $groups  = $journal->transactiongroups()->get();
-        $members = new Collection;
-        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
-        foreach ($groups as $group) {
-            /** @var TransactionJournal $loopJournal */
-            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
-                if ($loopJournal->id != $journal->id) {
-                    $members->push($loopJournal);
-                }
-            }
-        }
 
-        return View::make('transactions.relate', compact('journal', 'members'));
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * TODO this needs cleaning up and thinking over.
-     *
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     */
-    public function relatedSearch(TransactionJournal $journal)
-    {
-        $search = e(trim(Input::get('searchValue')));
-
-        $result = $this->_repository->searchRelated($search, $journal);
-        $result->each(
-            function (TransactionJournal $j) {
-                $j->amount = Amount::format($j->getAmount());
-            }
-        );
-
-        return Response::json($result->toArray());
-    }
 
     /**
      * @param TransactionJournal $journal
@@ -401,35 +285,6 @@ class TransactionController extends BaseController
         return Redirect::route('transactions.create', $data['what'])->withInput();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * TODO this needs cleaning up and thinking over.
-     *
-     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @codeCoverageIgnore
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    public function unrelate(TransactionJournal $journal)
-    {
-        $groups    = $journal->transactiongroups()->get();
-        $relatedTo = intval(Input::get('relation'));
-        /** @var TransactionGroup $group */
-        foreach ($groups as $group) {
-            foreach ($group->transactionjournals()->get() as $loopJournal) {
-                if ($loopJournal->id == $relatedTo) {
-                    // remove from group:
-                    $group->transactionjournals()->detach($relatedTo);
-                }
-            }
-            if ($group->transactionjournals()->count() == 1) {
-                $group->delete();
-            }
-        }
-
-        return Response::json(true);
-
-    }
 
     /**
      * @param TransactionJournal $journal
diff --git a/app/lib/FireflyIII/Database/TransactionJournal/TransactionJournal.php b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Database/TransactionJournal/TransactionJournal.php
index 73bc4e3877..ff7cafa8e2 100644
--- a/app/lib/FireflyIII/Database/TransactionJournal/TransactionJournal.php
+++ b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Database/TransactionJournal/TransactionJournal.php
@@ -571,37 +571,4 @@ class TransactionJournal implements TransactionJournalInterface, CUDInterface, C
 
         return \Paginator::make($items, $count, $limit);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string              $query
-     * @param \TransactionJournal $journal
-     *
-     * @return Collection
-     */
-    public function searchRelated($query, \TransactionJournal $journal)
-    {
-        $start = clone $journal->date;
-        $end   = clone $journal->date;
-        $start->startOfMonth();
-        $end->endOfMonth();
-
-        // get already related transactions:
-        $exclude = [$journal->id];
-        foreach ($journal->transactiongroups()->get() as $group) {
-            foreach ($group->transactionjournals() as $current) {
-                $exclude[] = $current->id;
-            }
-        }
-        $exclude = array_unique($exclude);
-
-        $query = $this->getUser()->transactionjournals()
-                      ->withRelevantData()
-                      ->before($end)
-                      ->after($start)
-                      ->whereNotIn('id', $exclude)
-                      ->where('description', 'LIKE', '%' . $query . '%')
-                      ->get();
-
-        return $query;
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/FireflyIII/FF3ServiceProvider.php b/app/lib/FireflyIII/FF3ServiceProvider.php
index 6495f65f51..879313a2d2 100644
--- a/app/lib/FireflyIII/FF3ServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/lib/FireflyIII/FF3ServiceProvider.php
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ class FF3ServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         $this->app->bind('FireflyIII\Report\ReportInterface', 'FireflyIII\Report\Report');
         $this->app->bind('FireflyIII\Report\ReportQueryInterface', 'FireflyIII\Report\ReportQuery');
         $this->app->bind('FireflyIII\Report\ReportHelperInterface', 'FireflyIII\Report\ReportHelper');
+
+        $this->app->bind('FireflyIII\Helper\Related\RelatedInterface', 'FireflyIII\Helper\Related\Related');
+
         $this->app->bind('FireflyIII\Helper\TransactionJournal\HelperInterface', 'FireflyIII\Helper\TransactionJournal\Helper');
 
         // chart
diff --git a/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/Related.php b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/Related.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c54bd6451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/Related.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+namespace FireflyIII\Helper\Related;
+
+use FireflyIII\Database\SwitchUser;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Class Related
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Helper\Related
+ */
+class Related implements RelatedInterface
+{
+    use SwitchUser;
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->setUser(\Auth::user());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $objectIds
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    public function getJournalsByIds(array $objectIds)
+    {
+        /** @var \FireflyIII\Database\TransactionJournal\TransactionJournal $repository */
+        $repository = \App::make('FireflyIII\Database\TransactionJournal\TransactionJournal');
+
+        return $repository->getByIds($objectIds);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string              $query
+     * @param \TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    public function search($query, \TransactionJournal $journal)
+    {
+        $start = clone $journal->date;
+        $end   = clone $journal->date;
+        $start->startOfMonth();
+        $end->endOfMonth();
+
+        // get already related transactions:
+        $exclude = [$journal->id];
+        foreach ($journal->transactiongroups()->get() as $group) {
+            foreach ($group->transactionjournals() as $current) {
+                $exclude[] = $current->id;
+            }
+        }
+        $exclude = array_unique($exclude);
+
+        $query = $this->getUser()->transactionjournals()
+                      ->withRelevantData()
+                      ->before($end)
+                      ->after($start)
+                      ->whereNotIn('id', $exclude)
+                      ->where('description', 'LIKE', '%' . $query . '%')
+                      ->get();
+
+        return $query;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/RelatedInterface.php b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/RelatedInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cde8e7e54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/lib/FireflyIII/Helper/Related/RelatedInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Helper\Related;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Interface RelatedInterface
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Helper\Related
+ */
+interface RelatedInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * @param string              $query
+     * @param \TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    public function search($query, \TransactionJournal $journal);
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $objectIds
+     *
+     * @return Collection
+     */
+    public function getJournalsByIds(array $objectIds);
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/routes.php b/app/routes.php
index 0aa5b61cd5..4e37cce682 100644
--- a/app/routes.php
+++ b/app/routes.php
@@ -97,6 +97,16 @@ Route::bind(
     return null;
 }
 );
+Route::bind(
+    'tjSecond', function ($value, $route) {
+    if (Auth::check()) {
+        return TransactionJournal::
+        where('id', $value)->where('user_id', Auth::user()->id)->first();
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
+);
 
 Route::bind(
     'currency', function ($value, $route) {
@@ -247,6 +257,13 @@ Route::group(
     Route::get('/profile', ['uses' => 'ProfileController@index', 'as' => 'profile']);
     Route::get('/profile/change-password', ['uses' => 'ProfileController@changePassword', 'as' => 'change-password']);
 
+    // related controller:
+    Route::get('/related/removeRelation/{tj}/{tjSecond}', ['uses' => 'RelatedController@removeRelation','as' => 'related.removeRelation']);
+    Route::get('/related/related/{tj}', ['uses' => 'RelatedController@related','as' => 'related.related']);
+    Route::post('/related/search/{tj}', ['uses' => 'RelatedController@search','as' => 'related.search']);
+    Route::post('/related/relate/{tj}/{tjSecond}', ['uses' => 'RelatedController@relate','as' => 'related.relate']);
+    Route::get('/related/alreadyRelated/{tj}', ['uses' => 'RelatedController@alreadyRelated','as' => 'related.alreadyRelated']);
+
     // bills controller
     Route::get('/bills', ['uses' => 'BillController@index', 'as' => 'bills.index']);
     Route::get('/bills/rescan/{bill}', ['uses' => 'BillController@rescan', 'as' => 'bills.rescan']); # rescan for matching.
diff --git a/app/views/transactions/relate.blade.php b/app/views/related/relate.blade.php
similarity index 100%
rename from app/views/transactions/relate.blade.php
rename to app/views/related/relate.blade.php
diff --git a/public/assets/javascript/firefly/related-manager.js b/public/assets/javascript/firefly/related-manager.js
index dc4171512a..923afb5147 100644
--- a/public/assets/javascript/firefly/related-manager.js
+++ b/public/assets/javascript/firefly/related-manager.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function unrelateTransaction(e) {
     var id = target.data('id');
     var relatedTo = target.data('relatedto');
 
-    $.post('transactions/unrelate/' + relatedTo, {relation: id}).success(function (data) {
+    $.post('related/removeRelation/' + id + '/' + relatedTo).success(function (data) {
         target.parent().parent().remove();
     }).fail(function () {
         alert('Could not!');
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function relateTransaction(e) {
 
 
     console.log($('#searchRelated').length);
-    $('#relationModal').empty().load('transaction/relate/' + ID, function () {
+    $('#relationModal').empty().load('related/related/' + ID, function () {
 
         $('#relationModal').modal('show');
         getAlreadyRelatedTransactions(e, ID);
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function relateTransaction(e) {
 function searchRelatedTransactions(e, ID) {
     var searchValue = $('#relatedSearchValue').val();
     if (searchValue != '') {
-        $.post('transactions/relatedSearch/' + ID, {searchValue: searchValue}).success(function (data) {
+        $.post('related/search/' + ID, {searchValue: searchValue}).success(function (data) {
             // post each result to some div.
             $('#relatedSearchResults').empty();
             // TODO this is the worst.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function doRelateNewTransaction(e) {
     var relateToId = target.data('relateto');
     if (!target.checked) {
         var relateID = target.data('id');
-        $.post('transactions/doRelate', {relateTo: relateToId, id: id}).success(function (data) {
+        $.post('related/relate/' + id + '/' + relateToId).success(function (data) {
             // success!
             target.parent().parent().remove();
             getAlreadyRelatedTransactions(null, relateToId);
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function doRelateNewTransaction(e) {
 
 function getAlreadyRelatedTransactions(e, ID) {
     //#alreadyRelated
-    $.post('transactions/alreadyRelated/' + ID).success(function (data) {
+    $.get('related/alreadyRelated/' + ID).success(function (data) {
         $('#alreadyRelated').empty();
         $.each(data, function (i, row) {
             var tr = $('<tr>');