diff --git a/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/BackupDataImporter.java b/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/BackupDataImporter.java
index d975e630..6bd303ab 100644
--- a/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/BackupDataImporter.java
+++ b/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/BackupDataImporter.java
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ private void importTransactions(JsonObject json) {
             model.setTransactionState(TransactionState.fromInt(modelJson.get("transaction_state").getAsInt()));
             model.setTransactionType(TransactionType.fromInt(modelJson.get("transaction_type").getAsInt()));
             model.setIncludeInReports(modelJson.get("include_in_reports").getAsBoolean());
+            if (model.getTransactionType() == TransactionType.Transfer) {
+                model.setCategory(null);
+            }
             valuesList.add(model.asValues());
         }
         insert(valuesList, TransactionsProvider.uriTransactions());
diff --git a/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/DataImporterRunnable.java b/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/DataImporterRunnable.java
index afe53a8e..b37d3dde 100644
--- a/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/DataImporterRunnable.java
+++ b/financius/src/main/java/com/code44/finance/data/backup/DataImporterRunnable.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public DataImporterRunnable(EventBus eventBus, DataImporter dataImporter) {
             eventBus.post(dataImporter);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
-            eventBus.post(new ImportError("Data import has failed.", e));
+            eventBus.post(new ImportError("Data import has failed. " + e.getMessage(), e));
         } finally {
             IOUtils.closeQuietly(dataImporter);
         }