diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle b/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
index 2c7f499de5..f8229ccded 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/build.gradle
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     compile 'com.facebook.react:react-native:+'
-    compile(group: 'status-im', name: 'status-go', version: '1.1.0-44-g8a96fc1', ext: 'aar')
+    compile(group: 'status-im', name: 'status-go', version: '0.9.5-51-g8ef2206', ext: 'aar')
 }
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 4417248d33..3fc7f3b9cd 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
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
 import com.github.status_im.status_go.cmd.Statusgo;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -111,6 +112,27 @@ class StatusModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements LifecycleEventL
             Log.e(TAG, "error making folder: " + dataFolder, e);
         }
 
+        final String ropstenFlagPath = dataFolder + "/ropsten_flag";
+        final File ropstenFlag = new File(ropstenFlagPath);
+        if (!ropstenFlag.exists()) {
+            try {
+                final String chaindDataFolderPath = dataFolder + "/StatusIM/lightchaindata";
+                final File lightChainFolder = new File(chaindDataFolderPath);
+                if (lightChainFolder.isDirectory())
+                {
+                    String[] children = lightChainFolder.list();
+                    for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++)
+                    {
+                        new File(lightChainFolder, children[i]).delete();
+                    }
+                }
+                lightChainFolder.delete();
+                ropstenFlag.createNewFile();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+
         Statusgo.StartNode(Statusgo.GenerateConfig(dataFolder, 3));
         Log.d(TAG, "Geth node started");
     }
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
index 55d8858ac0..238bf9bfc9 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/RCTStatus.m
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(startNode:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)onResultCallback) {
         
         if (![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:folderName.path])
             [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:folderName.path withIntermediateDirectories:NO attributes:nil error:&error];
+        NSURL *flagFileUrl = [folderName URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"ropsten_flag"];
+        
+        if(![[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:flagFileUrl.path]){
+            NSURL *lightChainData = [folderName URLByAppendingPathComponent:@"StatusIM/lightchaindata"];
+            [[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtPath:lightChainData.path
+                                                       error:nil];
+            NSString *content = @"";
+            NSData *fileContents = [content dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+            [[NSFileManager defaultManager] createFileAtPath:flagFileUrl.path
+                                                    contents:fileContents
+                                                  attributes:nil];
+        }
         
         if (error){
             NSLog(@"error %@", error);
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
index 80b7999883..4de79d7cb0 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
                         <artifactItem>
                             <groupId>status-im</groupId>
                             <artifactId>status-go-ios-simulator</artifactId>
-                            <version>1.1.0-44-g8a96fc1</version>
+                            <version>0.9.5-51-g8ef2206</version>
                             <type>zip</type>
                             <overWrite>true</overWrite>
                             <outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>