diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/main.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/main.cpp
index 308c85e0..d92c88fc 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/main.cpp
@@ -130,22 +130,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(dbPath))
         dbPath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/" + dbPath;
     QDir(dbPath).mkpath(".");
-    if (cfg.dbPath() != dbPath) {
-        cfg.setDbPath(dbPath);
-        cfg.save();
-    }
 
     QString debugFile = cfg.debugFile();
     if (debugFile.isEmpty()) debugFile = "chatgui.log";
     if (!QDir::isAbsolutePath(debugFile))
         debugFile = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/" + debugFile;
-    if (cfg.debugFile() != debugFile) {
-        cfg.setDebugFile(debugFile);
-        cfg.save();
-    }
 
     DbManager db;
-    MainWindow w(nullptr, &db, cfgPath, dbPath, cfg.debugFile(),
+    MainWindow w(nullptr, &db, cfgPath, dbPath, debugFile,
                  cfg.debugLevel(), cfg.debugCategories());
     w.show();
 
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/transport/node_config.cpp b/tools/chatgui/transport/node_config.cpp
index 20739a2b..76637069 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/transport/node_config.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/transport/node_config.cpp
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ bool NodeConfig::saveFull() {
     if (!m_privKey.isEmpty()) out << "my_private_key=" << m_privKey << "\n";
     if (!m_pubKey.isEmpty()) out << "my_public_key=" << m_pubKey << "\n";
     out << "auto_sockets=" << (m_autoSockets ? "yes" : "no") << "\n";
-    out << "db_path=" << (m_dbPath.isEmpty() ? "chat_data" : m_dbPath) << "\n";
     out << "\n";
 
     for (auto& srv : m_servers) {
@@ -433,7 +432,6 @@ bool NodeConfig::save() {
     config_update_in_lines(lines, "global", "my_private_key", m_privKey, true);
     config_update_in_lines(lines, "global", "my_public_key", m_pubKey, true);
     config_update_in_lines(lines, "global", "auto_sockets", m_autoSockets ? "yes" : "no", true);
-    config_update_in_lines(lines, "global", "db_path", m_dbPath.isEmpty() ? "chat_data" : m_dbPath, true);
 
     if (!m_controlAddr.isEmpty()) {
         int sep = m_controlAddr.lastIndexOf(':');