diff --git a/accounting/openaccount.py b/accounting/openaccount.py
index aede1f4..fa7e1b3 100644
--- a/accounting/openaccount.py
+++ b/accounting/openaccount.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ async def openAccount(sor, accounting_orgid, orgid, account_config, org1id=None)
 		'orgid':orgid,
 		'subjectid':account_config['subjectid'],
 		'balance_at':account_config['balance_side'],
-		'max_detailno':0
+		'max_detailno':0,
+		'balance': 0.0
 	}
 	if org1id:
 		ns['org1id'] = org1id;