diff --git a/gui/src/bitcoind.rs b/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
index aba7cfb8..e3939740 100644
--- a/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
+++ b/gui/src/bitcoind.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 use liana::{config::BitcoindConfig, miniscript::bitcoin};
+use std::path::Path;
 
 use tracing::{info, warn};
 
-use crate::app::config::InternalBitcoindExeConfig;
-
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
 
@@ -51,10 +50,10 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for StartInternalBitcoindError {
 /// Start internal bitcoind for the given network.
 pub fn start_internal_bitcoind(
     network: &bitcoin::Network,
-    exe_config: InternalBitcoindExeConfig,
+    bitcoind_datadir: &Path,
+    exe_path: &Path,
 ) -> Result<std::process::Child, StartInternalBitcoindError> {
-    let datadir_path_str = exe_config
-        .data_dir
+    let datadir_path_str = bitcoind_datadir
         .canonicalize()
         .map_err(|e| StartInternalBitcoindError::CouldNotCanonicalizeDataDir(e.to_string()))?
         .to_str()
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn start_internal_bitcoind(
         format!("-chain={}", network.to_core_arg()),
         format!("-datadir={}", datadir_path_str),
     ];
-    let mut command = std::process::Command::new(exe_config.exe_path);
+    let mut command = std::process::Command::new(exe_path);
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     let command = command.creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
     command
diff --git a/gui/src/installer/step/bitcoind.rs b/gui/src/installer/step/bitcoind.rs
index 1320be7e..5fcacdf4 100644
--- a/gui/src/installer/step/bitcoind.rs
+++ b/gui/src/installer/step/bitcoind.rs
@@ -865,16 +865,19 @@ impl Step for InternalBitcoindStep {
                                 return Command::none();
                             }
                         };
-                        let handle =
-                            match start_internal_bitcoind(&self.network, exe_config.clone()) {
-                                Err(e) => {
-                                    self.started = Some(Err(
-                                        StartInternalBitcoindError::CommandError(e.to_string()),
-                                    ));
-                                    return Command::none();
-                                }
-                                Ok(h) => h,
-                            };
+                        let handle = match start_internal_bitcoind(
+                            &self.network,
+                            &exe_config.data_dir,
+                            &exe_config.exe_path,
+                        ) {
+                            Err(e) => {
+                                self.started = Some(Err(StartInternalBitcoindError::CommandError(
+                                    e.to_string(),
+                                )));
+                                return Command::none();
+                            }
+                            Ok(h) => h,
+                        };
                         // Need to wait for cookie file to appear.
                         let cookie_path =
                             internal_bitcoind_cookie_path(&self.bitcoind_datadir, &self.network);
diff --git a/gui/src/loader.rs b/gui/src/loader.rs
index 351274b9..85347e62 100644
--- a/gui/src/loader.rs
+++ b/gui/src/loader.rs
@@ -361,8 +361,12 @@ pub async fn start_bitcoind_and_daemon(
                 info!("Internal bitcoind is already running");
             } else {
                 info!("Starting internal bitcoind");
-                start_internal_bitcoind(&config.bitcoin_config.network, exe_config)
-                    .map_err(Error::Bitcoind)?;
+                start_internal_bitcoind(
+                    &config.bitcoin_config.network,
+                    &exe_config.data_dir,
+                    &exe_config.exe_path,
+                )
+                .map_err(Error::Bitcoind)?;
                 if !utils::poll_for_file(&bitcoind_config.cookie_path, 200, 15) {
                     return Err(Error::Bitcoind(
                         StartInternalBitcoindError::CookieFileNotFound(