diff --git a/app/models/rule/action_executor/set_transaction_category.rb b/app/models/rule/action_executor/set_transaction_category.rb
index e14bf33a7..790cc8ae2 100644
--- a/app/models/rule/action_executor/set_transaction_category.rb
+++ b/app/models/rule/action_executor/set_transaction_category.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Rule::ActionExecutor::SetTransactionCategory < Rule::ActionExecutor
 
   def execute(transaction_scope, value: nil, ignore_attribute_locks: false, rule_run: nil)
     category = family.categories.find_by_id(value)
+    return 0 unless category
 
     scope = transaction_scope