diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17163edc47..f2950d7184 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 - [\#1859](https://github.com/cosmos/voyager/pull/1859) Fix security check in circleci @sabau
 - [\#1892](https://github.com/cosmos/voyager/issues/1892) Fix TmSessionImport form validation @faboweb
 - Fixed signing issues related to https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/issues/3336 @faboweb
+- [\#1896](https://github.com/cosmos/voyager/issues/1896) Correctly update balances if account is empty @faboweb
 
 ## [0.10.7] - 2018-10-10
 
diff --git a/app/src/renderer/connectors/lcdClient.js b/app/src/renderer/connectors/lcdClient.js
index d7f4eb98ca..922b0bcbe9 100644
--- a/app/src/renderer/connectors/lcdClient.js
+++ b/app/src/renderer/connectors/lcdClient.js
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ const Client = (axios, remoteLcdURL) => {
             (err.response.data.includes(`account bytes are empty`) ||
               err.response.data.includes(`failed to prove merkle proof`))
           ) {
-            return null
+            return {
+              coins: [],
+              sequence: `0`,
+              account_number: `0`
+            }
           }
           throw err
         })
diff --git a/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/wallet.js b/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/wallet.js
index 6bb22ca6b5..93e6921a62 100644
--- a/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/wallet.js
+++ b/app/src/renderer/vuex/modules/wallet.js
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ export default ({ node }) => {
 
       try {
         const res = await node.queryAccount(state.address)
-        if (!res) {
-          state.loading = false
-          state.loaded = true
-          return
-        }
         state.error = null
         const coins = res.coins || []
         commit(`setNonce`, res.sequence)
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/connectors/lcdClient.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/connectors/lcdClient.spec.js
index 436227511b..33f8570b0d 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/connectors/lcdClient.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/connectors/lcdClient.spec.js
@@ -598,7 +598,11 @@ describe(`LCD Client`, () => {
           })
         )
         const res = await client.queryAccount(`address`)
-        expect(res).toBe(null)
+        expect(res).toEqual({
+          coins: [],
+          sequence: `0`,
+          account_number: `0`
+        })
       })
 
       it(`does not throw error for failed merkle proof error`, async () => {
@@ -610,7 +614,11 @@ describe(`LCD Client`, () => {
           })
         )
         const res = await client.queryAccount(`address`)
-        expect(res).toBe(null)
+        expect(res).toEqual({
+          coins: [],
+          sequence: `0`,
+          account_number: `0`
+        })
       })
 
       it(`throws error for error other than empty account`, async () => {