diff --git a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
index 3341da520f..83ae74361a 100644
--- a/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
+++ b/src/app/boot/app_controller.nim
@@ -396,11 +396,6 @@ proc buildAndRegisterUserProfile(self: AppController) =
     elif(img.imgType == "thumbnail"):
       thumbnail = img.uri
 
-  # loggedInAccount.name and displayName must be the same, if not, we are using loggedInAccount.name
-  if (loggedInAccount.name != displayName):
-    info "login account name and display name stored in settings differ"
-    displayName = loggedInAccount.name
-
   singletonInstance.userProfile.setFixedData(alias, loggedInAccount.keyUid, pubKey, loggedInAccount.keycardPairing.len > 0)
   singletonInstance.userProfile.setDisplayName(displayName)
   singletonInstance.userProfile.setPreferredName(preferredName)
diff --git a/src/app/modules/startup/controller.nim b/src/app/modules/startup/controller.nim
index 81afa52083..fb291783b7 100644
--- a/src/app/modules/startup/controller.nim
+++ b/src/app/modules/startup/controller.nim
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ proc storeKeycardAccountAndLogin*(self: Controller, storeToKeychain: bool) =
     self.delegate.moveToLoadingAppState()
     self.delegate.storeKeyPairForNewKeycardUser()
     self.storeMetadataForNewKeycardUser()
-    self.accountsService.setupAccountKeycard(KeycardEvent(), useImportedAcc = true)
+    self.accountsService.setupAccountKeycard(KeycardEvent(), self.tmpDisplayName, useImportedAcc = true)
     self.setupKeychain(storeToKeychain)
   else:
     error "an error ocurred while importing mnemonic"
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ proc setupKeycardAccount*(self: Controller, storeToKeychain: bool) =
   else:
     self.delegate.moveToLoadingAppState()
     self.delegate.storeKeyPairForNewKeycardUser()
-    self.accountsService.setupAccountKeycard(self.tmpKeycardEvent, useImportedAcc = false)
+    self.accountsService.setupAccountKeycard(self.tmpKeycardEvent, self.tmpDisplayName, useImportedAcc = false)
     self.setupKeychain(storeToKeychain)
 
 proc getOpenedAccounts*(self: Controller): seq[AccountDto] =
diff --git a/src/app_service/service/accounts/service.nim b/src/app_service/service/accounts/service.nim
index e6c21f1db2..550cfa8171 100644
--- a/src/app_service/service/accounts/service.nim
+++ b/src/app_service/service/accounts/service.nim
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ QtObject:
       error "error: ", procName="setupAccount", errName = e.name, errDesription = e.msg
       return e.msg
 
-  proc setupAccountKeycard*(self: Service, keycardData: KeycardEvent, useImportedAcc: bool) = 
+  proc setupAccountKeycard*(self: Service, keycardData: KeycardEvent, displayName: string, useImportedAcc: bool) = 
     try:
       var keyUid = keycardData.keyUid
       var address = keycardData.masterKey.address
@@ -409,15 +409,6 @@ QtObject:
       let installationId = $genUUID()
       let alias = generateAliasFromPk(whisperPublicKey)
       
-      let openedAccounts = self.openedAccounts()
-      var displayName: string
-      for acc in openedAccounts:
-        if acc.keyUid == keyUid:
-          displayName = acc.name
-          break
-      if displayName.len == 0:
-        displayName = self.getLoggedInAccount().name
-
       var accountDataJson = %* {
         "name": alias,
         "display-name": displayName,
@@ -453,7 +444,7 @@ QtObject:
         "key-uid": keyUid,
         "public-key": whisperPublicKey,
         "name": alias,
-        "display-name": "",
+        "display-name": displayName,
         "address": whisperAddress,
         "eip1581-address": eip1581Address,
         "dapps-address":  walletAddress,