diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_helper_functions.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_helper_functions.inc.php
index f6e019b06c..3fd8b8a872 100755
--- a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_helper_functions.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_helper_functions.inc.php
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ class importexport_helper_functions {
 					$settings['tags'] = true;
 					break;
 				case 'select-cat':
-					$settings['rows'] = "5,,,$app_name";
+					$settings['application'] = $app_name;
 					$settings['tags'] = true;
 					break;
 				case 'select-account':
diff --git a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
index 1fe83a6d48..8b888ed5b7 100644
--- a/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
+++ b/importexport/inc/class.importexport_widget_filter.inc.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class importexport_widget_filter extends Etemplate\Widget\Transformer
 
 					break;
 				case 'select-cat':
-					$this->setElementAttribute($form_name.'['.self::$prefix.$lname.']', 'other', $field['rows']);
+					$this->setElementAttribute($form_name . '[' . self::$prefix . $lname . ']', 'application', $field['application']);
 					// fall through
 				case 'select':
 				default: