diff --git a/app/Helpers/Report/ReportQuery.php b/app/Helpers/Report/ReportQuery.php
index 6774143650..167ec0e33a 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Report/ReportQuery.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Report/ReportQuery.php
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class ReportQuery implements ReportQueryInterface
               ->groupBy('categories.id')
               ->orderBy('amount');
 
-        return $query->get(['categories.id', 'categories.name', DB::Raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) AS `amount`')]);
+        return $query->get(['categories.id','categories.encrypted', 'categories.name', DB::Raw('SUM(`transactions`.`amount`) AS `amount`')]);
 
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportController.php
index da0f357c6d..676ca8774e 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ReportController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ReportController.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Preferences;
 use Session;
 use Steam;
 use View;
+use Crypt;
 
 /**
  * Class ReportController
@@ -267,6 +268,12 @@ class ReportController extends Controller
         $result     = $this->query->journalsByCategory($start, $end);
         $categories = Steam::makeArray($result);
 
+        // loop and decrypt if necessary:
+        foreach ($categories as $index => $category) {
+            $categories[$index]['name']
+                = intval($categories[$index]['encrypted']) == 1 ? Crypt::decrypt($categories[$index]['name']) : $categories[$index]['name'];
+        }
+
         // all transfers
         if ($showSharedReports === false) {
             $result    = $this->query->sharedExpensesByCategory($start, $end);