diff --git a/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/mod.rs b/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/mod.rs
index 14cb6747..bbe5438d 100644
--- a/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use iced::Task;
 use liana_ui::{component::form, widget::Element};
 
 use bitcoind::BitcoindSettingsState;
-use wallet::WalletSettingsState;
+use wallet::{update_aliases, WalletSettingsState};
 
 use crate::{
     app::{
@@ -223,7 +223,19 @@ impl State for ImportExportSettingsState {
                 self.modal = None;
             }
             Message::View(view::Message::ImportExport(m)) => {
-                if let Some(modal) = self.modal.as_mut() {
+                if let ImportExportMessage::UpdateAliases(aliases) = m {
+                    return Task::perform(
+                        update_aliases(
+                            cache.datadir_path.clone(),
+                            cache.network,
+                            self.wallet.clone(),
+                            None,
+                            aliases.into_iter().map(|(fg, ks)| (fg, ks.name)).collect(),
+                            daemon,
+                        ),
+                        Message::WalletUpdated,
+                    );
+                } else if let Some(modal) = self.modal.as_mut() {
                     return modal.update(m);
                 };
             }
diff --git a/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/wallet.rs b/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/wallet.rs
index 9aa39743..52bf9539 100644
--- a/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/wallet.rs
+++ b/liana-gui/src/app/state/settings/wallet.rs
@@ -516,9 +516,10 @@ pub async fn update_aliases(
     keys_aliases: Vec<(Fingerprint, String)>,
     daemon: Arc<dyn Daemon + Sync + Send>,
 ) -> Result<Arc<Wallet>, Error> {
-    let mut wallet = wallet.as_ref().clone().with_alias(wallet_alias.clone());
+    let mut wallet = wallet.as_ref().clone();
 
     if let Some(wallet_alias) = wallet_alias.as_ref() {
+        wallet = wallet.with_alias(Some(wallet_alias.clone()));
         let network_dir = data_dir.network_directory(network);
         let wallet_id = wallet.id();
         update_settings_file(&network_dir, |mut settings| {