diff --git a/gui/qt/installwizard.py b/gui/qt/installwizard.py
index 003117f5f..01ec05214 100644
--- a/gui/qt/installwizard.py
+++ b/gui/qt/installwizard.py
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ class InstallWizard(QDialog):
                 if not key_list:
                     return
                 password = self.password_dialog() if any(map(lambda x: Wallet.is_seed(x) or Wallet.is_xprv(x), key_list)) else None
-                wallet = Wallet.from_multisig(key_list, password, self.storage)
+                wallet = Wallet.from_multisig(key_list, password, self.storage, t)
 
             else:
                 self.storage.put('wallet_type', t, False)
diff --git a/lib/wallet.py b/lib/wallet.py
index 93b3f370c..96d3ef61a 100644
--- a/lib/wallet.py
+++ b/lib/wallet.py
@@ -1999,7 +1999,8 @@ class Wallet(object):
         return w
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_multisig(klass, key_list, password, storage):
+    def from_multisig(klass, key_list, password, storage, wallet_type):
+        storage.put('wallet_type', wallet_type, True)
         self = Multisig_Wallet(storage)
         key_list = sorted(key_list, key = lambda x: klass.is_xpub(x))
         for i, text in enumerate(key_list):