diff --git a/static/account_register.js b/static/account_register.js
index 261d93b..6df7939 100644
--- a/static/account_register.js
+++ b/static/account_register.js
@@ -355,20 +355,20 @@ const AccountRegister = React.createClass({
 				}
 
 				var transactions = [];
-				var balance = new Big(data.BeginningBalance);
+				var balance = new Big(data.EndingBalance);
 
 				for (var i = 0; i < data.Transactions.length; i++) {
 					var t = new Transaction();
 					t.fromJSON(data.Transactions[i]);
 
+					t.Balance = balance.plus(0); // Make a copy of the current balance
 					// Keep a talley of the running balance of these transactions
 					for (var j = 0; j < data.Transactions[i].Splits.length; j++) {
 						var split = data.Transactions[i].Splits[j];
 						if (this.props.selectedAccount.AccountId == split.AccountId) {
-							balance = balance.plus(split.Amount);
+							balance = balance.minus(split.Amount);
 						}
 					}
-					t.Balance = balance.plus(0); // Make a copy
 					transactions.push(t);
 				}
 				var a = new Account();
diff --git a/transactions.go b/transactions.go
index 718823f..b42c9dc 100644
--- a/transactions.go
+++ b/transactions.go
@@ -541,11 +541,26 @@ func GetAccountTransactions(user *User, accountid int64, sort string, page uint6
 	var transactions []Transaction
 	var atl AccountTransactionsList
 
-	var sqlsort string
+	transaction, err := DB.Begin()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var sqlsort, balanceLimitOffset string
+	var balanceLimitOffsetArg uint64
 	if sort == "date-asc" {
 		sqlsort = " ORDER BY transactions.Date ASC"
+		balanceLimitOffset = " LIMIT ?"
+		balanceLimitOffsetArg = page*limit
 	} else if sort == "date-desc" {
+		numSplits, err := transaction.SelectInt("SELECT count(*) FROM splits")
+		if err != nil {
+			transaction.Rollback()
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		sqlsort = " ORDER BY transactions.Date DESC"
+		balanceLimitOffset = fmt.Sprintf(" LIMIT %d OFFSET ?", numSplits)
+		balanceLimitOffsetArg = (page + 1)*limit
 	}
 
 	var sqloffset string
@@ -553,11 +568,6 @@ func GetAccountTransactions(user *User, accountid int64, sort string, page uint6
 		sqloffset = fmt.Sprintf(" OFFSET %d", page*limit)
 	}
 
-	transaction, err := DB.Begin()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	account, err := GetAccountTx(transaction, accountid, user.UserId)
 	if err != nil {
 		transaction.Rollback()
@@ -611,8 +621,8 @@ func GetAccountTransactions(user *User, accountid int64, sort string, page uint6
 	// Sum all the splits for all transaction splits for this account that
 	// occurred before the page we're returning
 	var amounts []string
-	sql = "SELECT splits.Amount FROM splits WHERE splits.AccountId=? AND splits.TransactionId IN (SELECT DISTINCT transactions.TransactionId FROM transactions INNER JOIN splits ON transactions.TransactionId = splits.TransactionId WHERE transactions.UserId=? AND splits.AccountId=?" + sqlsort + " LIMIT ?)"
-	_, err = transaction.Select(&amounts, sql, accountid, user.UserId, accountid, page*limit)
+	sql = "SELECT splits.Amount FROM splits WHERE splits.AccountId=? AND splits.TransactionId IN (SELECT DISTINCT transactions.TransactionId FROM transactions INNER JOIN splits ON transactions.TransactionId = splits.TransactionId WHERE transactions.UserId=? AND splits.AccountId=?" + sqlsort + balanceLimitOffset + ")"
+	_, err = transaction.Select(&amounts, sql, accountid, user.UserId, accountid, balanceLimitOffsetArg)
 	if err != nil {
 		transaction.Rollback()
 		return nil, err