diff --git a/app/controllers/finance/financial_transactions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/finance/financial_transactions_controller.rb
index 45efeda8..82fca9e0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/finance/financial_transactions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/finance/financial_transactions_controller.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Finance::FinancialTransactionsController < ApplicationController
 
   def create_collection
     raise I18n.t('finance.financial_transactions.controller.create_collection.error_note_required') if params[:note].blank?
-    type = FinancialTransactionType.find_by_id(params.permit(:type))
+    type = FinancialTransactionType.find_by_id(params[:type_id])
     params[:financial_transactions].each do |trans|
       # ignore empty amount fields ...
       unless trans[:amount].blank?
diff --git a/app/views/finance/financial_transactions/new_collection.html.haml b/app/views/finance/financial_transactions/new_collection.html.haml
index b5373733..29a280a1 100644
--- a/app/views/finance/financial_transactions/new_collection.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/finance/financial_transactions/new_collection.html.haml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   - if FinancialTransactionType.has_multiple_types
     %p
       %b= heading_helper FinancialTransaction, :financial_transaction_type
-      = select_tag :type, options_for_select(FinancialTransactionType.order(:name).map { |t| [ t.name, t.id ] }, params[:type])
+      = select_tag :type_id, options_for_select(FinancialTransactionType.order(:name).map { |t| [ t.name, t.id ] }, params[:type_id])
   %p
     %b= heading_helper FinancialTransaction, :note
     = text_field_tag :note, params[:note], class: 'input-xlarge', required: 'required'