diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Layout/DashboardLayout_gdd.vue b/frontend/src/views/Layout/DashboardLayout_gdd.vue
index bd3bd8e4c..40a6011d5 100755
--- a/frontend/src/views/Layout/DashboardLayout_gdd.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Layout/DashboardLayout_gdd.vue
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ export default {
         })
         .catch((error) => {
           this.pending = true
+          this.transactionCount = -1
           this.$toasted.global.error(error.message)
           // what to do when loading balance fails?
         })
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.spec.js b/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.spec.js
index 2c4b15e17..b116de9e8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.spec.js
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.spec.js
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ describe('GddTransactionList', () => {
     })
 
     describe('without any properties', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        await wrapper.setProps({
+          transactions: [],
+          transactionCount: -1,
+        })
+      })
       it('renders text saying that there are error.empty-transactionlist ', () => {
         expect(wrapper.find('div.gdd-transaction-list').text()).toContain(
           'transaction.nullTransactions',
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.vue b/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.vue
index 52a66817a..f6c046fe6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/Pages/AccountOverview/GddTransactionList.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
           {{ $t('error.no-transactionlist') }}
         </small>
       </div>
-      <div v-if="transactionCount === 'undefined'" class="test-empty-transactionlist text-right">
+      <div v-if="transactionCount < 0" class="test-empty-transactionlist text-right">
         <b-icon icon="exclamation-triangle" class="mr-2" style="color: red"></b-icon>
         <small>{{ $t('error.empty-transactionlist') }}</small>
       </div>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         :per-page="pageSize"
         :total-rows="transactionCount"
       ></pagination-buttons>
-      <div v-if="transactionCount === 0" class="mt-4 text-center">
+      <div v-if="transactionCount < 0" class="mt-4 text-center">
         <span>{{ $t('transaction.nullTransactions') }}</span>
       </div>
     </div>