diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/DestroyController.php b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/DestroyController.php
index 3a0ba982db..746f95485d 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/DestroyController.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/Models/Transaction/DestroyController.php
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ class DestroyController extends Controller
 
         $this->groupRepository->destroy($transactionGroup);
 
-        // trigger just after destruction
-        event(new DestroyedTransactionGroup($transactionGroup));
         app('preferences')->mark();
 
         /** @var Account $account */
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/DeleteController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/DeleteController.php
index 4e26cef71e..b023d78317 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/DeleteController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Transaction/DeleteController.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Transaction;
 
+use FireflyIII\Events\DestroyedTransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Events\UpdatedAccount;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Account;
@@ -131,9 +132,6 @@ class DeleteController extends Controller
 
         $this->repository->destroy($group);
 
-        app('preferences')->mark();
-
-
         /** @var Account $account */
         foreach($accounts as $account) {
             Log::debug(sprintf('Now going to trigger updated account event for account #%d', $account->id));
diff --git a/app/Services/Internal/Destroy/TransactionGroupDestroyService.php b/app/Services/Internal/Destroy/TransactionGroupDestroyService.php
index c5e79feaa4..9e7c9d0717 100644
--- a/app/Services/Internal/Destroy/TransactionGroupDestroyService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Internal/Destroy/TransactionGroupDestroyService.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 namespace FireflyIII\Services\Internal\Destroy;
 
 use Exception;
+use FireflyIII\Events\DestroyedTransactionGroup;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionGroup;
 
 /**
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ class TransactionGroupDestroyService
         } catch (Exception $e) { // @phpstan-ignore-line
             // @ignoreException
         }
+        // trigger just after destruction
+        event(new DestroyedTransactionGroup($transactionGroup));
     }
 
 }