diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ReconcileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ReconcileController.php
index b3adeaa54d..f27e763540 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ReconcileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ReconcileController.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers\UserRedirection;
 use Log;
 
 /**
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ use Log;
  */
 class ReconcileController extends Controller
 {
+    use UserRedirection;
     /** @var AccountRepositoryInterface The account repository */
     private $accountRepos;
     /** @var CurrencyRepositoryInterface The currency repository */
@@ -370,32 +372,4 @@ class ReconcileController extends Controller
         // redirect to previous URL.
         return redirect($this->getPreviousUri('reconcile.edit.uri'));
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Redirect user to the original asset account.
-     *
-     * @param Account $account
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
-     *
-     * @throws FireflyException
-     */
-    protected function redirectToOriginalAccount(Account $account) // user redirection + nav
-    {
-        /** @var Transaction $transaction */
-        $transaction = $account->transactions()->first();
-        if (null === $transaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException(sprintf('Expected a transaction. Account #%d has none. BEEP, error.', $account->id)); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        $journal = $transaction->transactionJournal;
-        /** @var Transaction $opposingTransaction */
-        $opposingTransaction = $journal->transactions()->where('transactions.id', '!=', $transaction->id)->first();
-
-        if (null === $opposingTransaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException('Expected an opposing transaction. This account has none. BEEP, error.'); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        return redirect(route('accounts.show', [$opposingTransaction->account_id]));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ShowController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ShowController.php
index 9b30915742..8c9e8241e1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ShowController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Account/ShowController.php
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ use FireflyIII\Helpers\Collector\JournalCollectorInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
 use FireflyIII\Models\AccountType;
-use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionType;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Support\CacheProperties;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers\UserRedirection;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use View;
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ use View;
  */
 class ShowController extends Controller
 {
+    use UserRedirection;
+
     /** @var CurrencyRepositoryInterface The currency repository */
     private $currencyRepos;
     /** @var AccountRepositoryInterface The account repository */
@@ -242,32 +244,4 @@ class ShowController extends Controller
 
         return $entries;
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Redirect to the original account.
-     *
-     * @param Account $account
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
-     *
-     * @throws FireflyException
-     */
-    protected function redirectToOriginalAccount(Account $account) // user redirection + nav
-    {
-        /** @var Transaction $transaction */
-        $transaction = $account->transactions()->first();
-        if (null === $transaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException('Expected a transaction. This account has none. BEEP, error.');
-        }
-
-        $journal = $transaction->transactionJournal;
-        /** @var Transaction $opposingTransaction */
-        $opposingTransaction = $journal->transactions()->where('transactions.id', '!=', $transaction->id)->first();
-
-        if (null === $opposingTransaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException('Expected an opposing transaction. This account has none. BEEP, error.'); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        return redirect(route('accounts.show', [$opposingTransaction->account_id]));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Json/ReconcileController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Json/ReconcileController.php
index 9ba91a78f9..8f5e791376 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Json/ReconcileController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Json/ReconcileController.php
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Account\AccountRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Currency\CurrencyRepositoryInterface;
 use FireflyIII\Repositories\Journal\JournalRepositoryInterface;
+use FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers\UserRedirection;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ use Throwable;
  */
 class ReconcileController extends Controller
 {
-
+    use UserRedirection;
     /** @var AccountRepositoryInterface The account repository */
     private $accountRepos;
     /** @var CurrencyRepositoryInterface The currency repository */
@@ -200,32 +201,4 @@ class ReconcileController extends Controller
 
         return response()->json(['html' => $html, 'startBalance' => $startBalance, 'endBalance' => $endBalance]);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Redirect to actual account.
-     *
-     * @param Account $account
-     *
-     * @return \Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
-     *
-     * @throws FireflyException
-     */
-    protected function redirectToOriginalAccount(Account $account) // user redirection + nav
-    {
-        /** @var Transaction $transaction */
-        $transaction = $account->transactions()->first();
-        if (null === $transaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException(sprintf('Expected a transaction. Account #%d has none. BEEP, error.', $account->id)); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        $journal = $transaction->transactionJournal;
-        /** @var Transaction $opposingTransaction */
-        $opposingTransaction = $journal->transactions()->where('transactions.id', '!=', $transaction->id)->first();
-
-        if (null === $opposingTransaction) {
-            throw new FireflyException('Expected an opposing transaction. This account has none. BEEP, error.'); // @codeCoverageIgnore
-        }
-
-        return redirect(route('accounts.show', [$opposingTransaction->account_id]));
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Support/Http/Controllers/UserRedirection.php b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/UserRedirection.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edbaf8d349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Support/Http/Controllers/UserRedirection.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * UserRedirection.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2018 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ *
+ * This file is part of Firefly III.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Firefly III is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Firefly III. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
+use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
+use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Trait UserRedirection
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Support\Http\Controllers
+ */
+trait UserRedirection
+{
+    /**
+     * @param Account $account
+     *
+     * @return RedirectResponse|\Illuminate\Routing\Redirector
+     */
+    protected function redirectToOriginalAccount(Account $account)
+    {
+        /** @var Transaction $transaction */
+        $transaction = $account->transactions()->first();
+        if (null === $transaction) {
+            app('session')->flash('error', trans('firefly.account_missing_transaction', ['name' => $account->name, 'id' => $account->id]));
+            Log::error(sprintf('Expected a transaction. Account #%d has none. BEEP, error.', $account->id));
+
+            return redirect(route('index'));
+        }
+
+        $journal = $transaction->transactionJournal;
+        /** @var Transaction $opposingTransaction */
+        $opposingTransaction = $journal->transactions()->where('transactions.id', '!=', $transaction->id)->first();
+
+        if (null === $opposingTransaction) {
+            app('session')->flash('error', trans('firefly.account_missing_transaction', ['name' => $account->name, 'id' => $account->id]));
+            Log::error(sprintf('Expected an opposing transaction. Account #%d has none. BEEP, error.', $account->id));
+        }
+
+        return redirect(route('accounts.show', [$opposingTransaction->account_id]));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index 5e4104c4cc..29daa784c0 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ return [
     'list_inactive_rule'                      => 'inactive rule',
 
     // accounts:
+    'account_missing_transaction'             => 'Account #:id (":name") cannot be viewed directly, but Firefly is missing redirect information.',
     'details_for_asset'                       => 'Details for asset account ":name"',
     'details_for_expense'                     => 'Details for expense account ":name"',
     'details_for_revenue'                     => 'Details for revenue account ":name"',