diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/src/transaction_service/storage/sqlite_db.rs b/base_layer/wallet/src/transaction_service/storage/sqlite_db.rs
index ade8345f95..7eff7dbedd 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/src/transaction_service/storage/sqlite_db.rs
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/src/transaction_service/storage/sqlite_db.rs
@@ -1217,7 +1217,12 @@ impl TransactionBackend for TransactionServiceSqliteDatabase {
         let conn = self.database_connection.get_pooled_connection()?;
         CompletedTransactionSql::index_by_status_and_cancelled(TransactionStatus::Imported, false, &conn)?
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|ct| CompletedTransaction::try_from(ct).map_err(TransactionStorageError::from))
+            .map(|mut ct: CompletedTransactionSql| {
+                if let Err(e) = self.decrypt_if_necessary(&mut ct) {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+                CompletedTransaction::try_from(ct).map_err(TransactionStorageError::from)
+            })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<CompletedTransaction>, TransactionStorageError>>()
     }
 }
diff --git a/base_layer/wallet/tests/transaction_service_tests/storage.rs b/base_layer/wallet/tests/transaction_service_tests/storage.rs
index 601461c956..d9e616dac0 100644
--- a/base_layer/wallet/tests/transaction_service_tests/storage.rs
+++ b/base_layer/wallet/tests/transaction_service_tests/storage.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ use tari_wallet::{
     storage::sqlite_utilities::run_migration_and_create_sqlite_connection,
     test_utils::create_consensus_constants,
     transaction_service::storage::{
-        database::{TransactionBackend, TransactionDatabase},
+        database::{DbKeyValuePair, TransactionBackend, TransactionDatabase, WriteOperation},
         models::{CompletedTransaction, InboundTransaction, OutboundTransaction, WalletTransaction},
         sqlite_db::TransactionServiceSqliteDatabase,
     },
@@ -583,3 +583,48 @@ pub fn test_transaction_service_sqlite_db_encrypted() {
 
     test_db_backend(TransactionServiceSqliteDatabase::new(connection, Some(cipher)));
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn import_tx_and_read_it_from_db() {
+    let db_name = format!("{}.sqlite3", random::string(8));
+    let db_tempdir = tempdir().unwrap();
+    let db_folder = db_tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap().to_string();
+    let db_path = format!("{}/{}", db_folder, db_name);
+    let connection = run_migration_and_create_sqlite_connection(&db_path, 16).unwrap();
+
+    let key = GenericArray::from_slice(b"an example very very secret key.");
+    let cipher = Aes256Gcm::new(key);
+    let sqlite_db = TransactionServiceSqliteDatabase::new(connection, Some(cipher));
+
+    let transaction = CompletedTransaction::new(
+        TxId::from(1),
+        PublicKey::default(),
+        PublicKey::default(),
+        MicroTari::from(100000),
+        MicroTari::from(0),
+        Transaction::new(
+            Vec::new(),
+            Vec::new(),
+            Vec::new(),
+            PrivateKey::default(),
+            PrivateKey::default(),
+        ),
+        TransactionStatus::Imported,
+        "message".to_string(),
+        Utc::now().naive_utc(),
+        TransactionDirection::Inbound,
+        Some(0),
+    );
+
+    sqlite_db
+        .write(WriteOperation::Insert(DbKeyValuePair::CompletedTransaction(
+            TxId::from(1),
+            Box::new(transaction),
+        )))
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let db_tx = sqlite_db.fetch_imported_transactions().unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(db_tx.len(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(db_tx.first().unwrap().tx_id, TxId::from(1));
+}