diff --git a/Commands/Balance.hs b/Commands/Balance.hs
index 6a66fb439..9cc61f745 100644
--- a/Commands/Balance.hs
+++ b/Commands/Balance.hs
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ import Ledger.Types
 import Ledger.Amount
 import Ledger.AccountName
 import Ledger.Posting
-import Ledger.Journal
 import Ledger.Ledger
 import Options
 import System.IO.UTF8
@@ -116,11 +115,9 @@ balance opts args l = do
 
 -- | Generate a balance report with the specified options for this ledger.
 showBalanceReport :: [Opt] -> FilterSpec -> Ledger -> String
-showBalanceReport opts filterspec l@Ledger{journal=j} = acctsstr ++ totalstr
+showBalanceReport opts filterspec l = acctsstr ++ totalstr
     where
-      l' = l{journal=j',accountnametree=ant,accountmap=amap} -- like cacheLedger
-          where (ant, amap) = crunchJournal j'
-                j' = filterJournalPostings filterspec{depth=Nothing} j
+      l' = cacheLedger'' filterspec l
       acctsstr = unlines $ map showacct interestingaccts
           where
             showacct = showInterestingAccount l' interestingaccts
diff --git a/Commands/Chart.hs b/Commands/Chart.hs
index d8ae38749..e8a7f16c9 100644
--- a/Commands/Chart.hs
+++ b/Commands/Chart.hs
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@ import Data.List
 
 -- | Generate an image with the pie chart and write it to a file
 chart :: [Opt] -> [String] -> Ledger -> IO ()
-chart opts args l = renderableToPNGFile (toRenderable chart) w h filename
+chart opts args l = do
+  t <- getCurrentLocalTime
+  let chart = genPie opts (optsToFilterSpec opts args t) l
+  renderableToPNGFile (toRenderable chart) w h filename
     where
-      chart = genPie opts args l
       filename = getOption opts ChartOutput "hledger.png"
       (w,h) = parseSize $ getOption opts ChartSize "1024x1024"
 
@@ -47,8 +49,8 @@ parseSize str = (read w, read h)
     (w,_:h) = splitAt x str
 
 -- | Generate pie chart
-genPie :: [Opt] -> [String] -> Ledger -> PieLayout
-genPie opts _ l = defaultPieLayout
+genPie :: [Opt] -> FilterSpec -> Ledger -> PieLayout
+genPie opts filterspec l = defaultPieLayout
     { pie_background_ = solidFillStyle $ opaque $ white
     , pie_plot_ = pie_chart }
     where
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ genPie opts _ l = defaultPieLayout
       items = mapMaybe (uncurry accountPieItem) $
               flatten $
               balances $
-              ledgerAccountTree (fromMaybe 99999 $ depthFromOpts opts) $ cacheLedger' l
+              ledgerAccountTree (fromMaybe 99999 $ depthFromOpts opts) $ cacheLedger'' filterspec l
 
 -- | Convert all quantities of MixedAccount to a single commodity
 amountValue :: MixedAmount -> Double
diff --git a/Ledger/Ledger.hs b/Ledger/Ledger.hs
index a7a495ed7..1a7ef925a 100644
--- a/Ledger/Ledger.hs
+++ b/Ledger/Ledger.hs
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ cacheLedger' :: Ledger -> CachedLedger
 cacheLedger' l = l{accountnametree=ant,accountmap=amap}
     where (ant, amap) = crunchJournal $ journal l
 
+-- | Like cacheLedger, but filtering the journal first.
+cacheLedger'' filterspec l@Ledger{journal=j} = l{journal=j',accountnametree=ant,accountmap=amap}
+    where (ant, amap) = crunchJournal j'
+          j' = filterJournalPostings filterspec{depth=Nothing} j
+
 type CachedLedger = Ledger
 
 -- | List a ledger's account names.