diff --git a/gui/src/bitcoind.rs b/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
index 02606f15..2f158e1b 100644
--- a/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
+++ b/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ pub fn stop_internal_bitcoind(bitcoind_config: &BitcoindConfig) {
         Ok(bitcoind) => {
             info!("Stopping internal bitcoind...");
             bitcoind.stop();
+            info!("Stopped liana managed bitcoind");
         }
         Err(e) => {
             warn!("Could not create interface to internal bitcoind: '{}'.", e);
diff --git a/gui/src/loader.rs b/gui/src/loader.rs
index 90ad112e..351274b9 100644
--- a/gui/src/loader.rs
+++ b/gui/src/loader.rs
@@ -181,13 +181,19 @@ impl Loader {
                 info!("Stopping internal daemon...");
                 daemon.stop();
                 info!("Internal daemon stopped");
-                if self.gui_config.internal_bitcoind_exe_config.is_some() {
-                    if let Some(daemon_config) = daemon.config() {
-                        if let Some(bitcoind_config) = &daemon_config.bitcoind_config {
-                            stop_internal_bitcoind(bitcoind_config);
-                        }
-                    }
+            }
+        }
+        if self.gui_config.internal_bitcoind_exe_config.is_some() {
+            if let Ok(daemon_config) =
+                Config::from_file(self.gui_config.daemon_config_path.as_ref().cloned())
+            {
+                if let Some(bitcoind_config) = &daemon_config.bitcoind_config {
+                    stop_internal_bitcoind(bitcoind_config);
+                } else {
+                    warn!("Liana daemon config does not have bitcoind config");
                 }
+            } else {
+                warn!("Liana gui cannot access daemon config to stop bitcoind");
             }
         }
     }