diff --git a/addons/account/account_view.xml b/addons/account/account_view.xml
index d9e95f15079..63d7e891437 100644
--- a/addons/account/account_view.xml
+++ b/addons/account/account_view.xml
@@ -1230,8 +1230,8 @@
                     <field name="move_id" string="Number (Move)"/>
                     <field name="account_id"/>
                     <field name="partner_id"/>
-                    <field name="journal_id" context="{'journal_id':self}"/>
-                    <field name="period_id" context="{'period_id':self}"/>
+                    <field name="journal_id" context="{'journal_id':self}" widget="selection"/> <!-- it's important to keep widget='selection' in this filter viewbecause without that the value passed in the context is not the ID but the textual value (name) of the selected journal -->
+                    <field name="period_id" context="{'period_id':self}" widget="selection"/> <!-- it's important to keep the widget='selection' in this field, for the same reason as explained above -->
                     <group expand="0" string="Group By...">
                         <filter string="Partner" icon="terp-partner" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'partner_id'}"/>
                         <filter string="Journal" icon="terp-folder-orange" domain="[]" context="{'group_by':'journal_id'}"/>