diff --git a/app/views/accounts/index.blade.php b/app/views/accounts/index.blade.php
index c98c6e38b1..5c2416ab00 100644
--- a/app/views/accounts/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/accounts/index.blade.php
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 @section('scripts')
 <script type="text/javascript">
     var what = '{{{$what}}}';
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
 </script>
 
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
diff --git a/app/views/accounts/show.blade.php b/app/views/accounts/show.blade.php
index d54e245446..b7da493119 100644
--- a/app/views/accounts/show.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/accounts/show.blade.php
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
     var accountID = {{{$account->id}}};
     var view = '{{{$range}}}';
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
 </script>
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
diff --git a/app/views/categories/index.blade.php b/app/views/categories/index.blade.php
index e20f21b4e5..8a0a4034b1 100644
--- a/app/views/categories/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/categories/index.blade.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 </div>
 @stop
 @section('scripts')
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
+</script>
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.options.js')}}
diff --git a/app/views/categories/show.blade.php b/app/views/categories/show.blade.php
index 34e1d4a265..a80f0a9bb5 100644
--- a/app/views/categories/show.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/categories/show.blade.php
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
     var componentID = {{$category->id}};
     var year = {{Session::get('start',\Carbon\Carbon::now()->startOfMonth())->format('Y')}};
-
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
 </script>
-
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.options.js')}}
diff --git a/app/views/index.blade.php b/app/views/index.blade.php
index 587f3a6f34..5a90e8ce31 100644
--- a/app/views/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/index.blade.php
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@
 
 @stop
 @section('scripts')
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
+</script>
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.options.js')}}
diff --git a/app/views/recurring/show.blade.php b/app/views/recurring/show.blade.php
index 27d059ef2f..b877599d47 100644
--- a/app/views/recurring/show.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/recurring/show.blade.php
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 
 @section('scripts')
 <script type="text/javascript">
-var recurringID = {{{$recurring->id}}};
+    var recurringID = {{{$recurring->id}}};
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
 </script>
-
 <!-- load the libraries and scripts necessary for Google Charts: -->
 <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.options.js')}}
diff --git a/app/views/reports/unbalanced.blade.php b/app/views/reports/unbalanced.blade.php
index 13ae78101b..74aa64fe41 100644
--- a/app/views/reports/unbalanced.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/reports/unbalanced.blade.php
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 @endif
 @stop
 @section('scripts')
+<script type="text/javascript">
+    var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
+</script>
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/reports.js')}}
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/related-manager.js')}}
 @stop
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/reports/year.blade.php b/app/views/reports/year.blade.php
index e3a358494f..827f988a37 100644
--- a/app/views/reports/year.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/reports/year.blade.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/javascript">
 var year = '{{$year}}';
-
+var currencyCode = '{{getCurrencyCode()}}';
 </script>
 
 {{HTML::script('assets/javascript/firefly/reports.js')}}
diff --git a/bootstrap/start.php b/bootstrap/start.php
index 259599da65..4ebe8c71ae 100644
--- a/bootstrap/start.php
+++ b/bootstrap/start.php
@@ -17,16 +17,17 @@ if (!function_exists('mf')) {
 
         if ($coloured === true) {
             if ($amount === 0.0) {
-                return '<span style="color:#999">'.$currencySymbol.' ' . $string . '</span>';
+                return '<span style="color:#999">' . $currencySymbol . ' ' . $string . '</span>';
             }
             if ($amount > 0) {
-                return '<span class="text-success">'.$currencySymbol.' ' . $string . '</span>';
+                return '<span class="text-success">' . $currencySymbol . ' ' . $string . '</span>';
             }
 
-            return '<span class="text-danger">'.$currencySymbol.' ' . $string . '</span>';
+            return '<span class="text-danger">' . $currencySymbol . ' ' . $string . '</span>';
         }
+
         // &#8364;
-        return $currencySymbol.' ' . $string;
+        return $currencySymbol . ' ' . $string;
     }
 }
 
@@ -62,6 +63,38 @@ if (!function_exists('getCurrencySymbol')) {
     }
 }
 
+if (!function_exists('getCurrencyCode')) {
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    function getCurrencyCode()
+    {
+        if (defined('FFCURRENCYCODE')) {
+            return FFCURRENCYCODE;
+        }
+        if (Cache::has('FFCURRENCYCODE')) {
+            define('FFCURRENCYCODE', Cache::get('FFCURRENCYCODE'));
+
+            return FFCURRENCYCODE;
+        }
+
+        /** @var \FireflyIII\Database\TransactionCurrency\TransactionCurrency $currencies */
+        $currencies = App::make('FireflyIII\Database\TransactionCurrency\TransactionCurrency');
+
+        /** @var \FireflyIII\Shared\Preferences\Preferences $preferences */
+        $preferences = App::make('FireflyIII\Shared\Preferences\Preferences');
+
+        $currencyPreference = $preferences->get('currencyPreference', 'EUR');
+        $currency           = $currencies->findByCode($currencyPreference->data);
+
+        Cache::forever('FFCURRENCYCODE', $currency->code);
+
+        define('FFCURRENCYCODE', $currency->code);
+
+        return $currency->code;
+    }
+}
+
 if (!function_exists('boolstr')) {
     /**
      * @param $boolean
diff --git a/public/assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.js b/public/assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.js
index 4aebc1a993..a7538fb977 100644
--- a/public/assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.js
+++ b/public/assets/javascript/firefly/gcharts.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function googleLineChart(URL, container, options) {
             var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
                 decimalSymbol: ',',
                 groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
+                prefix: currencyCode + ' '
             });
             for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
                 money.format(gdata, i);
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function googleBarChart(URL, container, options) {
             var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
                 decimalSymbol: ',',
                 groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
+                prefix: currencyCode + ' '
             });
             for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
                 money.format(gdata, i);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function googleColumnChart(URL, container, options) {
             var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
                 decimalSymbol: ',',
                 groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
+                prefix: currencyCode + ' '
             });
             for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
                 money.format(gdata, i);
@@ -113,43 +113,6 @@ function googleColumnChart(URL, container, options) {
     }
 }
 
-function googleStackedColumnChart(URL, container, options) {
-    if ($('#' + container).length == 1) {
-        $.getJSON(URL).success(function (data) {
-            /*
-             Get the data from the JSON
-             */
-            gdata = new google.visualization.DataTable(data);
-
-            /*
-             Format as money
-             */
-            var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
-                decimalSymbol: ',',
-                groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
-            });
-            for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
-                money.format(gdata, i);
-            }
-
-            /*
-             Create a new google charts object.
-             */
-            var chart = new google.visualization.ColumnChart(document.getElementById(container));
-            /*
-             Draw it:
-             */
-            chart.draw(gdata, options || defaultStackedColumnChartOptions);
-
-        }).fail(function () {
-            $('#' + container).addClass('google-chart-error');
-        });
-    } else {
-        console.log('No container found called "' + container + '"');
-    }
-}
-
 function googleComboChart(URL, container, options) {
     if ($('#' + container).length == 1) {
         $.getJSON(URL).success(function (data) {
@@ -164,7 +127,7 @@ function googleComboChart(URL, container, options) {
             var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
                 decimalSymbol: ',',
                 groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
+                prefix: currencyCode + ' '
             });
             for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
                 money.format(gdata, i);
@@ -201,7 +164,7 @@ function googlePieChart(URL, container, options) {
             var money = new google.visualization.NumberFormat({
                 decimalSymbol: ',',
                 groupingSymbol: '.',
-                prefix: '\u20AC '
+                prefix: currencyCode + ' '
             });
             for (i = 1; i < gdata.getNumberOfColumns(); i++) {
                 money.format(gdata, i);