diff --git a/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.js b/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.js
index 6fd0c66d6a..97c8554ac8 100644
--- a/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.js
+++ b/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.js
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ erpnext.AccountsChart = Class.extend({
 
 			},
 			onrender: function(treenode) {
-				if (ctype == 'Account') {
-					var bal = treenode.data && treenode.data.balance.split(' ') || ['',''];
-					if (bal && flt(bal[1])) {
+				if (ctype == 'Account' && treenode.data) {
+					if(treenode.data.balance) {
 						treenode.parent.append('<span class="balance-area">' 
-							+ format_currency(bal[1], bal[0]) + '</span>');
+							+ format_currency(treenode.data.balance, treenode.data.currency) 
+							+ '</span>');
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.py b/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.py
index 68f835733d..d78b8a2503 100644
--- a/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.py
+++ b/accounts/page/accounts_browser/accounts_browser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import webnotes
 import webnotes.defaults
-
+from webnotes.utils import flt
 from accounts.utils import get_balance_on
 
 @webnotes.whitelist()
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def get_children():
 		currency = webnotes.conn.sql("select default_currency from `tabCompany` where name = %s", company)[0][0]
 		for each in acc:
 			bal = get_balance_on(each.get("value"))
-			each['balance'] = currency + ' ' + str(bal or 0)
+			each["currency"] = currency
+			each["balance"] = flt(bal)
 		
 	return acc