diff --git a/src/app/profile/views/fleets.nim b/src/app/profile/views/fleets.nim
index 73bc014c7f..d4094e1df6 100644
--- a/src/app/profile/views/fleets.nim
+++ b/src/app/profile/views/fleets.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import NimQml
+import NimQml, json
 import chronicles, strutils
 import ../../../status/types as status_types
 import ../../../status/[status, settings, accounts]
diff --git a/src/status/accounts.nim b/src/status/accounts.nim
index 700726ee14..5f33508483 100644
--- a/src/status/accounts.nim
+++ b/src/status/accounts.nim
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ proc changeNetwork*(self: AccountModel, fleetConfig: FleetConfig, network: strin
   let networkData = networks.getElems().find((n:JsonNode) => n["id"].getStr() == network)
 
   let updatedNodeConfig = status_accounts.getNodeConfig(fleetConfig, installationId, networkData)
+
+  updatedNodeConfig["KeyStoreDir"] = newJString("./keystore")
+  updatedNodeConfig["LogFile"] = newJString("./geth.log")
+  updatedNodeConfig["ShhextConfig"]["BackupDisabledDataDir"] = newJString("./")  
+
   statusGoResult = status_settings.saveSetting(Setting.NodeConfig, updatedNodeConfig)
   if statusGoResult.error != "":
     error "Error saving updated node config", msg=statusGoResult.error
diff --git a/src/status/libstatus/accounts.nim b/src/status/libstatus/accounts.nim
index 5016e7f861..89df80aba7 100644
--- a/src/status/libstatus/accounts.nim
+++ b/src/status/libstatus/accounts.nim
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ proc getNodeConfig*(fleetConfig: FleetConfig, installationId: string, networkCon
   result["UpstreamConfig"]["URL"] = upstreamUrl
   result["ShhextConfig"]["InstallationID"] = newJString(installationId)
 
-
-  echo $result
   # TODO: commented since it's not necessary (we do the connections thru C bindings). Enable it thru an option once status-nodes are able to be configured in desktop
   # result["ListenAddr"] = if existsEnv("STATUS_PORT"): newJString("0.0.0.0:" & $getEnv("STATUS_PORT")) else: newJString("0.0.0.0:30305")
   result["WakuConfig"]["BloomFilterMode"] = newJBool(bloomFilterMode)
diff --git a/src/status/libstatus/settings.nim b/src/status/libstatus/settings.nim
index 7e6354796b..4b5a6343dd 100644
--- a/src/status/libstatus/settings.nim
+++ b/src/status/libstatus/settings.nim
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ proc getWakuVersion*():int =
 
 proc setWakuVersion*(newVersion: int) =
   let nodeConfig = getNodeConfig().parseJSON()
+  nodeConfig["KeyStoreDir"] = newJString("./keystore")
+  nodeConfig["LogFile"] = newJString("./geth.log")
+  nodeConfig["ShhextConfig"]["BackupDisabledDataDir"] = newJString("./")  
   if newVersion == 1:
     nodeConfig["WakuConfig"]["Enabled"] = newJBool(true)
     nodeConfig["WakuV2Config"]["Enabled"] = newJBool(false)