diff --git a/src/controller/request/validators/invoice-request-spec.ts b/src/controller/request/validators/invoice-request-spec.ts
index 00a48861e..fd4490041 100644
--- a/src/controller/request/validators/invoice-request-spec.ts
+++ b/src/controller/request/validators/invoice-request-spec.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import {
   INVALID_INVOICE_ID,
   INVALID_TRANSACTION_IDS,
   INVALID_TRANSACTION_OWNER,
-  INVOICE_IS_DELETED,
+  INVOICE_IS_DELETED, NO_TRANSACTION_IDS,
   SAME_INVOICE_STATE, SUBTRANSACTION_ALREADY_INVOICED,
 } from './validation-errors';
 import { InvoiceState } from '../../../entity/invoices/invoice-status';
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import Invoice from '../../../entity/invoices/invoice';
  * Checks whether all the transactions exists and are credited to the debtor or sold in case of credit Invoice.
  */
 async function validTransactionIds<T extends BaseInvoice>(p: T) {
-  if (!p.transactionIDs) return toPass(p);
+  if (p.transactionIDs.length === 0) return toFail(NO_TRANSACTION_IDS());
 
   const relations: FindOptionsRelations<Transaction> = {
     from: true,
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ async function differentState<T extends UpdateInvoiceParams>(p: T) {
  */
 function baseInvoiceRequestSpec<T extends BaseInvoice>(): Specification<T, ValidationError> {
   return [
-    validTransactionIds,
     [[userMustExist], 'forId', new ValidationError('forId:')],
+    validTransactionIds,
   ];
 }
 
diff --git a/src/controller/request/validators/validation-errors.ts b/src/controller/request/validators/validation-errors.ts
index da807624c..8634c6fa1 100644
--- a/src/controller/request/validators/validation-errors.ts
+++ b/src/controller/request/validators/validation-errors.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ export const INVALID_TRANSACTION_OWNER = () => new ValidationError('Not all tran
 
 export const INVALID_TRANSACTION_IDS = () => new ValidationError('Not all transaction IDs are valid.');
 
+export const NO_TRANSACTION_IDS = () => new ValidationError('No transaction IDs provided.');
+
 export const INVALID_INVOICE_ID = () => new ValidationError('Invoice with this ID does not exist.');
 
 export const INVOICE_IS_DELETED = () => new ValidationError('Invoice is deleted.');
diff --git a/test/unit/controller/invoice-controller.ts b/test/unit/controller/invoice-controller.ts
index 9bc5e8172..1a6691ffd 100644
--- a/test/unit/controller/invoice-controller.ts
+++ b/test/unit/controller/invoice-controller.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import {
 import Transaction from '../../../src/entity/transactions/transaction';
 import {
   INVALID_TRANSACTION_OWNER,
-  INVALID_USER_ID,
+  INVALID_USER_ID, NO_TRANSACTION_IDS,
   SAME_INVOICE_STATE,
   SUBTRANSACTION_ALREADY_INVOICED,
   ZERO_LENGTH_STRING,
@@ -270,12 +270,17 @@ describe('InvoiceController', async () => {
       const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, transactionIDs };
       await expectError(req, INVALID_TRANSACTION_OWNER().value);
     });
-    it('should verity that forId is a valid user', async () => {
-      const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, forId: -1 };
+    it('should verify that forId is a valid user', async () => {
+      const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, forId: -1, transactionIDs: [1] };
       await expectError(req, `forId: ${INVALID_USER_ID().value}`);
     });
-    it('should verity that description is a valid string', async () => {
-      const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, description: '' };
+    it('should verify that transactionIDs is not empty', async () => {
+      const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, transactionIDs: [] };
+      await expectError(req, NO_TRANSACTION_IDS().value);
+    });
+    it('should verify that description is a valid string', async () => {
+      const transactionIDs = (await Transaction.find({ relations: ['from'] })).filter((i) => i.from.id === ctx.validInvoiceRequest.forId).map((t) => t.id);
+      const req: CreateInvoiceRequest = { ...ctx.validInvoiceRequest, description: '', transactionIDs };
       await expectError(req, `description: ${ZERO_LENGTH_STRING().value}`);
     });
     it('should disallow double invoicing of a transaction', async () => {