diff --git a/utilities/transaction_base.py b/utilities/transaction_base.py
index f783faa9ec..6c515a52b6 100644
--- a/utilities/transaction_base.py
+++ b/utilities/transaction_base.py
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ class TransactionBase(StatusUpdater):
 			3. Clears existing Sales Team and fetches the one mentioned in Customer
 		"""
 		customer_defaults = self.get_customer_defaults()
-					
-		customer_defaults["selling_price_list"] = self.get_user_default_price_list("Selling") or \
+
+		customer_defaults["selling_price_list"] = \
+			self.get_user_default_price_list("selling_price_list") or \
 			customer_defaults.get("price_list") or \
 			webnotes.conn.get_value("Customer Group", self.doc.customer_group, 
 				"default_price_list") or self.doc.selling_price_list
@@ -91,11 +92,11 @@ class TransactionBase(StatusUpdater):
 		if self.meta.get_field("sales_team") and self.doc.customer:
 			self.set_sales_team_for_customer()
 			
-	def get_user_default_price_list(self, price_list_for):
-		from webnotes.defaults import get_user_default_as_list
-		user_default_price_list = get_user_default_as_list("selling_price_list" 
-			if price_list_for=="Selling" else "buying_price_list")
-		return user_default_price_list[0] if len(user_default_price_list)==1 else ""
+	def get_user_default_price_list(self, price_list):
+		from webnotes.defaults import get_defaults_for
+		user_default_price_list = get_defaults_for(webnotes.session.user).get(price_list)
+		return cstr(user_default_price_list) \
+			if not isinstance(user_default_price_list, list) else ""
 			
 	def set_sales_team_for_customer(self):
 		from webnotes.model import default_fields
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class TransactionBase(StatusUpdater):
 		if supplier.default_currency:
 			out["currency"] = supplier.default_currency
 			
-		out["buying_price_list"] = self.get_user_default_price_list("Buying") or \
+		out["buying_price_list"] = self.get_user_default_price_list("buying_price_list") or \
 			supplier.default_price_list or self.doc.buying_price_list
 		
 		return out