diff --git a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
index db54d17c..11b55ac6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/accounts_controller.rb
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ class AccountsController < ApplicationController
                         start_balance: account_params[:start_balance]
     @account.sync_later
     redirect_back_or_to account_path(@account), notice: t(".success")
-  rescue ActiveRecord::RecordInvalid => e
-    redirect_back_or_to accounts_path, alert: e.record.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
   end
 
   def destroy
diff --git a/app/helpers/forms_helper.rb b/app/helpers/forms_helper.rb
index 19f75b29..c5d3d5d5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/forms_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/forms_helper.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ module FormsHelper
       default_currency: options[:default_currency] || "USD",
       disable_currency: options[:disable_currency] || false,
       hide_currency: options[:hide_currency] || false,
-      label:         options[:label] || "Amount"
+      label:         options[:label] || "Amount",
+      required:      options[:required] || false
     }
   end
 
diff --git a/app/views/accounts/_form.html.erb b/app/views/accounts/_form.html.erb
index 86ee96bd..ad537264 100644
--- a/app/views/accounts/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/accounts/_form.html.erb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <%= f.hidden_field :accountable_type %>
     <%= f.text_field :name, placeholder: t(".name_placeholder"), required: "required", label: t(".name_label"), autofocus: true %>
     <%= f.collection_select :institution_id, Current.family.institutions.alphabetically, :id, :name, { include_blank: t(".ungrouped"), label: t(".institution") } %>
-    <%= money_with_currency_field f, :balance_money, label: t(".balance"), required: "required", default_currency: Current.family.currency %>
+    <%= money_with_currency_field f, :balance_money, label: t(".balance"), required: true, default_currency: Current.family.currency %>
 
     <% if account.new_record? %>
       <div class="flex items-center gap-2 mt-3 mb-6">
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_money_field.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_money_field.html.erb
index 14fe7e7b..ae863ff0 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_money_field.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_money_field.html.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<%# locals: (form:, money_method:, default_currency:, disable_currency: false, hide_currency: false, label: nil) %>
+<%# locals: (form:, money_method:, default_currency:, disable_currency: false, hide_currency: false, label: nil, required: false) %>
 
 <% fallback_label = t(".money-label") %>
 <% currency = form.object ? (form.object.send(money_method)&.currency || Money::Currency.new(default_currency)) : Money::Currency.new(default_currency) %>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <div class="flex items-center gap-1">
     <div class="flex items-center grow gap-1">
       <span class="text-gray-500 text-sm" data-money-field-target="symbol"><%= currency.symbol %></span>
-      <%= money_field form, money_method, { inline: true, "data-money-field-target" => "amount", default_currency: currency } %>
+      <%= money_field form, money_method, { inline: true, "data-money-field-target" => "amount", default_currency: currency, required: required } %>
     </div>
     <% unless hide_currency %>
       <div>