diff --git a/gui/src/installer/context.rs b/gui/src/installer/context.rs
index d77933cff..a6c901f56 100644
--- a/gui/src/installer/context.rs
+++ b/gui/src/installer/context.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 use crate::{
     app::{
+        config::InternalBitcoindExeConfig,
         settings::{KeySetting, Settings, WalletSetting},
         wallet::DEFAULT_WALLET_NAME,
     },
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ pub struct Context {
     // we dont want to override the generated signer with it.
     pub recovered_signer: Option<Arc<Signer>>,
     pub internal_bitcoind_config: Option<InternalBitcoindConfig>,
-    pub internal_bitcoind_exe_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+    pub internal_bitcoind_exe_config: Option<InternalBitcoindExeConfig>,
 }
 
 impl Context {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ impl Context {
             hw_is_used: false,
             recovered_signer: None,
             internal_bitcoind_config: None,
-            internal_bitcoind_exe_path: None,
+            internal_bitcoind_exe_config: None,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/gui/src/installer/mod.rs b/gui/src/installer/mod.rs
index ad04e9c8a..c916ff129 100644
--- a/gui/src/installer/mod.rs
+++ b/gui/src/installer/mod.rs
@@ -322,17 +322,6 @@ pub async fn install(ctx: Context, signer: Arc<Mutex<Signer>>) -> Result<PathBuf
     }
 
     // create liana GUI configuration file
-    let exe_config = if let Some(exe_path) = ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_path.clone() {
-        let data_dir = internal_bitcoind_datadir(&ctx.data_dir)
-            .canonicalize()
-            .map_err(|e| {
-                Error::Unexpected(format!("Failed to canonicalize bitcoind data dir: {}", e))
-            })?;
-        Some(InternalBitcoindExeConfig { exe_path, data_dir })
-    } else {
-        None
-    };
-
     let gui_config_path = create_and_write_file(
         network_datadir_path.clone(),
         gui_config::DEFAULT_FILE_NAME,
@@ -340,7 +329,7 @@ pub async fn install(ctx: Context, signer: Arc<Mutex<Signer>>) -> Result<PathBuf
             daemon_config_path.canonicalize().map_err(|e| {
                 Error::Unexpected(format!("Failed to canonicalize daemon config path: {}", e))
             })?,
-            exe_config,
+            ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_config.clone(),
         ))
         .map_err(|e| Error::Unexpected(format!("Failed to serialize gui config: {}", e)))?
         .as_bytes(),
diff --git a/gui/src/installer/step/mod.rs b/gui/src/installer/step/mod.rs
index 264061113..dd4bb4cfe 100644
--- a/gui/src/installer/step/mod.rs
+++ b/gui/src/installer/step/mod.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ pub struct StartInternalBitcoindStep {
     exe_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     rpc_port: Option<u16>,
     bitcoind_config: Option<BitcoindConfig>,
+    exe_config: Option<InternalBitcoindExeConfig>,
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Clone)]
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ impl Step for SelectBitcoindTypeStep {
                 }
             }
             ctx.internal_bitcoind_config = None;
-            ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_path = None;
+            ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_config = None;
         }
         self.error = None;
         true
@@ -601,6 +602,7 @@ impl StartInternalBitcoindStep {
             exe_path: None,
             rpc_port: None,
             bitcoind_config: None,
+            exe_config: None,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -608,8 +610,8 @@ impl StartInternalBitcoindStep {
 impl Step for StartInternalBitcoindStep {
     fn load_context(&mut self, ctx: &Context) {
         if self.exe_path.is_none() {
-            self.exe_path = if ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_path.is_some() {
-                ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_path.clone()
+            self.exe_path = if let Some(exe_config) = ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_config.clone() {
+                Some(exe_config.exe_path)
             } else {
                 bitcoind_exe_path()
             };
@@ -652,7 +654,7 @@ impl Step for StartInternalBitcoindStep {
                             exe_path: path.to_path_buf(),
                             data_dir: datadir,
                         };
-                        if let Err(e) = start_internal_bitcoind(&self.network, exe_config) {
+                        if let Err(e) = start_internal_bitcoind(&self.network, exe_config.clone()) {
                             self.started =
                                 Some(Err(StartInternalBitcoindError::CommandError(e.to_string())));
                             return Command::none();
@@ -689,6 +691,7 @@ impl Step for StartInternalBitcoindStep {
                         ) {
                             Ok(_) => {
                                 self.bitcoind_config = Some(bitcoind_config);
+                                self.exe_config = Some(exe_config);
                                 self.started = Some(Ok(()));
                                 // Apply changes so that context is updated in case user selects "Previous".
                                 return Command::perform(async {}, |_| Message::Apply);
@@ -719,13 +722,7 @@ impl Step for StartInternalBitcoindStep {
         // Any errors have been handled as part of `message::StartInternalBitcoindMsg::Start`
         if let Some(Ok(_)) = self.started {
             ctx.bitcoind_config = self.bitcoind_config.clone();
-            ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_path = Some(
-                self.exe_path
-                    .clone()
-                    .expect("Already added")
-                    .canonicalize()
-                    .expect("Failed to canonicalize exe path."),
-            );
+            ctx.internal_bitcoind_exe_config = self.exe_config.clone();
             return true;
         }
         false