diff --git a/api/additional_endpoints.yaml b/api/additional_endpoints.yaml
index 6775990..8b20cad 100644
--- a/api/additional_endpoints.yaml
+++ b/api/additional_endpoints.yaml
@@ -88,4 +88,26 @@
                   $ref: '#/components/schemas/tenant_with_saldo'
       security:
       - jwt: ['secret']
+  /v1/accounts/bydescription/{description}:
+    get:
+      tags: [ "account" ]
+      summary: Return the normalized account with given description
+      operationId: additional_methods.get_account_by_description
+      parameters:
+        - name: description
+          in: path
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: account response
+          content:
+            'application/json':
+              schema:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/account'
+      security:
+      - jwt: ['secret']
 
diff --git a/api/additional_methods.py b/api/additional_methods.py
index 65169d7..0fde45c 100644
--- a/api/additional_methods.py
+++ b/api/additional_methods.py
@@ -43,3 +43,14 @@ def get_tenant_with_saldo(user, token_info):
             "params": ()
         }
     )
+
+def get_account_by_description(user, token_info, description=None):
+    return dbGetOne(user, token_info, {
+            "statement": """
+SELECT a.id ,a.description
+  FROM account_t a
+  WHERE a.description = %s""", 
+            "params": (description, )
+        }
+    )
+
diff --git a/api/openapi.yaml b/api/openapi.yaml
index af89473..ee4c3cd 100644
--- a/api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1509,6 +1509,28 @@ paths:
                   $ref: '#/components/schemas/tenant_with_saldo'
       security:
       - jwt: ['secret']
+  /v1/accounts/bydescription/{description}:
+    get:
+      tags: [ "account" ]
+      summary: Return the normalized account with given description
+      operationId: additional_methods.get_account_by_description
+      parameters:
+        - name: description
+          in: path
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: account response
+          content:
+            'application/json':
+              schema:
+                type: array
+                items:
+                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/account'
+      security:
+      - jwt: ['secret']
 
 
 components:
diff --git a/schema/create.sql b/schema/create.sql
index d40ad07..d6392fd 100644
--- a/schema/create.sql
+++ b/schema/create.sql
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ GRANT SELECT, UPDATE ON account_entry_category_t_id_seq TO hv2;
 
 CREATE TABLE account_entry_t (
   id serial not null primary key
-  ,description varchar(128)     not null 
+  ,description varchar(1024)     not null 
   ,account integer     not null   references account_t (id) 
   ,created_at timestamp     not null   default now() 
   ,amount numeric(10,2)     not null 
diff --git a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/account/account.component.html b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/account/account.component.html
index faf0122..1914aff 100644
--- a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/account/account.component.html
+++ b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/account/account.component.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 </mat-form-field>
 <mat-form-field appearance="outline">
     <mat-label>Kategorie</mat-label>
-    <mat-select [(ngModel)]="newAccountEntry.account_entry_category" name="category" disabled="shallBeRentPayment">
+    <mat-select [(ngModel)]="newAccountEntry.account_entry_category" name="category" [disabled]="shallBeRentPayment">
         <mat-option *ngFor="let p of accountEntryCategories" [value]="p.id">{{p.description}}</mat-option>
     </mat-select>
 </mat-form-field>
diff --git a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/config.ts b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/config.ts
index 7cdcad6..3b143eb 100644
--- a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/config.ts
+++ b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-export const serviceBaseUrl = "https://api.hv.nober.de";
+// export const serviceBaseUrl = "https://api.hv.nober.de";
 // export const serviceBaseUrl = "http://172.16.10.38:5000";
-// export const serviceBaseUrl = "http://localhost:8080"
+export const serviceBaseUrl = "http://localhost:8080"
 export const authserviceBaseUrl = "https://authservice.hottis.de"
 export const applicationId = "hv2"
diff --git a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ext-data-object-service.ts b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ext-data-object-service.ts
index 5caf12d..5e1d869 100644
--- a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ext-data-object-service.ts
+++ b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ext-data-object-service.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { MessageService } from './message.service';
 import { serviceBaseUrl } from './config';
 
 
-import { Fee, OverheadAdvance } from './data-objects';
+import { Account, Fee, OverheadAdvance } from './data-objects';
 import { Saldo, Tenant_with_Saldo } from './ext-data-objects';
 
 
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ export class ExtApiService {
     return this.http.get<OverheadAdvance[]>(`${serviceBaseUrl}/v1/overhead_advances/flat/${id}`).toPromise()
   }
   
+  async getAccountByDescription(description: string): Promise<Account> {
+    this.messageService.add(`ExtApiService: get account by description ${description}`);
+    return this.http.get<Account>(`${serviceBaseUrl}/v1/accounts/bydescription/${description}`).toPromise()
+  }
+
   async getFeeByTenancies(id: number): Promise<Fee[]> {
     this.messageService.add(`ExtApiService: get fees by flat ${id}`);
     return this.http.get<Fee[]>(`${serviceBaseUrl}/v1/fees/tenancy/${id}`).toPromise()
diff --git a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.html b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.html
index 21c80e7..a9bc044 100644
--- a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.html
+++ b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.html
@@ -1 +1,12 @@
-<p>ledger works!</p>
+<mat-card class="defaultCard">
+    <mat-card-header>
+        <mat-card-title>
+            Buchführung
+        </mat-card-title>
+    </mat-card-header>
+    <mat-card-content>
+
+        <app-account [selectedAccountId]="accountId" [shallBeRentPayment]="false"></app-account>
+
+    </mat-card-content>
+</mat-card>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.ts b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.ts
index 60a3b94..a7d4078 100644
--- a/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.ts
+++ b/ui/hv2-ui/src/app/ledger/ledger.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+import { AccountService } from '../data-object-service';
+import { Account } from '../data-objects';
+import { ExtApiService } from '../ext-data-object-service';
+import { MessageService } from '../message.service';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-ledger',
@@ -7,9 +11,27 @@ import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
 })
 export class LedgerComponent implements OnInit {
 
-  constructor() { }
+  account: Account
+  accountId: number
 
-  ngOnInit(): void {
+  constructor(
+    private extApiService: ExtApiService,
+    private messageService: MessageService
+  ) { }
+
+  async getAccount(): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      this.messageService.add("Trying to load ledger account")
+      this.account = await this.extApiService.getAccountByDescription('Ledger')
+      this.messageService.add("Account loaded")
+    } catch (err) {
+      this.messageService.add(JSON.stringify(err, undefined, 4))
+    }
+  }
+
+  async ngOnInit(): Promise<void> {
+    await this.getAccount()
+    this.accountId = this.account.id
   }
 
 }