diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
index 3eb208e9f9..a29f2a6507 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/StatusModule.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
         return logFile;
     }
 
-    private String prepareLogsFile(final Context context) {
+    private File prepareLogsFile(final Context context) {
         final File logFile = getLogsFile();
 
         try {
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
             String gethLogFilePath = logFile.getAbsolutePath();
             Log.d(TAG, gethLogFilePath);
 
-            return gethLogFilePath;
+            return logFile;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Log.d(TAG, "Can't create geth.log file! " + e.getMessage());
         }
@@ -193,17 +193,24 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
         return null;
     }
 
-    private String updateConfig(final String jsonConfigString, final String absRootDirPath, final String absKeystoreDirPath) throws JSONException {
+    private String updateConfig(final String jsonConfigString, final String absRootDirPath, final String keystoreDirPath) throws JSONException {
         final JSONObject jsonConfig = new JSONObject(jsonConfigString);
         // retrieve parameters from app config, that will be applied onto the Go-side config later on
-        final String absDataDirPath = pathCombine(absRootDirPath, jsonConfig.getString("DataDir"));
+        final String dataDirPath = jsonConfig.getString("DataDir");
         final Boolean logEnabled = jsonConfig.getBoolean("LogEnabled");
         final Context context = this.getReactApplicationContext();
-        final String gethLogFilePath = logEnabled ? prepareLogsFile(context) : null;
+        final File gethLogFile = logEnabled ? prepareLogsFile(context) : null;
+        String gethLogDirPath = null;
+        if (gethLogFile != null) {
+            gethLogDirPath = gethLogFile.getParent();
+        }
 
-        jsonConfig.put("DataDir", absDataDirPath);
-        jsonConfig.put("KeyStoreDir", absKeystoreDirPath);
-        jsonConfig.put("LogFile", gethLogFilePath);
+        Log.d(TAG, "log dir: " + gethLogDirPath + " log name: " + gethLogFileName);
+
+        jsonConfig.put("DataDir", dataDirPath);
+        jsonConfig.put("KeyStoreDir", keystoreDirPath);
+        jsonConfig.put("LogDir", gethLogDirPath);
+        jsonConfig.put("LogFile", gethLogFileName);
 
         return jsonConfig.toString();
     }
@@ -291,7 +298,7 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
         }
 
         try {
-            final String updatedJsonConfigString = this.updateConfig(jsonConfigString, absRootDirPath, newKeystoreDir);
+            final String updatedJsonConfigString = this.updateConfig(jsonConfigString, absRootDirPath, "/keystore");
 
             prettyPrintConfig(updatedJsonConfigString);
 
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
index 93f1646a50..eabfb17050 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
@@ -325,8 +325,9 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(multiAccountDeriveAddresses:(NSString *)json
 
     NSLog(@"after remove lightchaindata");
 
-    NSURL *absTestnetKeystoreUrl = [absTestnetFolderName URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"keystore"];
-    NSURL *absKeystoreUrl = [rootUrl URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"keystore"];
+    NSString *keystore = @"keystore";
+    NSURL *absTestnetKeystoreUrl = [absTestnetFolderName URLByAppendingPathComponent:keystore];
+    NSURL *absKeystoreUrl = [rootUrl URLByAppendingPathComponent:keystore];
     if([fileManager fileExistsAtPath:absTestnetKeystoreUrl.path]){
         NSLog(@"copy keystore");
         [fileManager copyItemAtPath:absTestnetKeystoreUrl.path toPath:absKeystoreUrl.path error:nil];
@@ -341,19 +342,22 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(multiAccountDeriveAddresses:(NSString *)json
     NSString *relativeDataDir = [configJSON objectForKey:@"DataDir"];
     NSString *absDataDir = [rootUrl.path stringByAppendingString:relativeDataDir];
     NSURL *absDataDirUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:absDataDir];
-    NSURL *absLogUrl = [absDataDirUrl URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"geth.log"];
-    [configJSON setValue:absDataDirUrl.path forKey:@"DataDir"];
-    [configJSON setValue:absKeystoreUrl.path forKey:@"KeyStoreDir"];
-    [configJSON setValue:absLogUrl.path forKey:@"LogFile"];
+    NSURL *dataDirUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:relativeDataDir];
+    NSURL *logUrl = [dataDirUrl URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"geth.log"];
+    [configJSON setValue:@"/keystore" forKey:@"KeyStoreDir"];
+    [configJSON setValue:@"" forKey:@"LogDir"];
+    [configJSON setValue:logUrl.path forKey:@"LogFile"];
 
     NSString *resultingConfig = [configJSON bv_jsonStringWithPrettyPrint:NO];
     NSLog(@"node config %@", resultingConfig);
 
-    if(![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:absDataDirUrl.path]) {
-        [fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:absDataDirUrl.path withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
+    if(![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:absDataDir]) {
+        [fileManager createDirectoryAtPath:absDataDir
+               withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
     }
 
-    NSLog(@"logUrlPath %@", absLogUrl.path);
+    NSLog(@"logUrlPath %@ rootDir %@", logUrl.path, rootUrl.path);
+    NSURL *absLogUrl = [absDataDirUrl URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"geth.log"];
     if(![fileManager fileExistsAtPath:absLogUrl.path]) {
         NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
         [dict setObject:[NSNumber numberWithInt:511] forKey:NSFilePosixPermissions];
diff --git a/src/status_im/utils/platform.cljs b/src/status_im/utils/platform.cljs
index 5cc3f167d5..cbc9274404 100644
--- a/src/status_im/utils/platform.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/utils/platform.cljs
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@
 
 (defn no-backup-directory []
   (cond
-    android? (str (.-DocumentDirectoryPath rn-dependencies/fs)
-                  "/../no_backup")
-    ios?          (.-LibraryDirectoryPath rn-dependencies/fs)))
+    android? "/../no_backup"
+    ios?     "/"))
 
 (defn android-version>= [v]
   (and android? (>= version v)))
diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index b7beeea583..4a9097343c 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "_comment": "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND. USE 'scripts/update-status-go.sh <tag>' instead",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "v0.41.1",
-    "commit-sha1": "c2f22f1fbc73e68b8d82370c4645c786739fb40b",
-    "src-sha256": "038paj2gwdih154nnafcxc3w02x9p21ifkv1g9k2rr1ac0ypainb"
+    "version": "v0.42.0",
+    "commit-sha1": "9cf640842b4d0266bcc1b30f6d776c250fdb5c04",
+    "src-sha256": "0h8da2w3fbgrv6rmd4pib46r97g5q2wwg4a790f91dadsl67pmcl"
 }