diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/NewWalletWizard.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/NewWalletWizard.qml
index 781aca127..8a0c13c21 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/NewWalletWizard.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/NewWalletWizard.qml
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ import QtQuick 2.6
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
 import QtQuick.Controls 2.1
 
+import org.electrum 1.0
+
 Wizard {
     id: walletwizard
 
     title: qsTr('New Wallet')
 
+    signal walletCreated
+
     enter: null // disable transition
 
     // State transition functions. These functions are called when the 'Next'
@@ -77,5 +81,14 @@ Wizard {
         start.next.connect(function() {walletnameDone()})
     }
 
+    onAccepted: {
+        console.log('Finished new wallet wizard')
+        walletdb.create_storage(wizard_data)
+    }
+
+    WalletDB {
+        id: walletdb
+        onCreateSuccess: walletwizard.walletCreated()
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Wallets.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Wallets.qml
index 77cd17cb7..94e2b2292 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Wallets.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Wallets.qml
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Pane {
             onClicked:  {
                 var dialog = app.newWalletWizard.createObject(rootItem)
                 dialog.open()
+                dialog.walletCreated.connect(function() {
+                    Daemon.availableWallets.reload()
+                })
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qebitcoin.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qebitcoin.py
index 06e1eb5e5..13a0b0513 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qebitcoin.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qebitcoin.py
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ class QEBitcoin(QObject):
     generatedSeedChanged = pyqtSignal()
     generatedSeed = ''
 
+    seedValidChanged = pyqtSignal()
+    seedValid = False
+
     @pyqtProperty('QString', notify=generatedSeedChanged)
     def generated_seed(self):
         return self.generatedSeed
@@ -20,8 +23,23 @@ class QEBitcoin(QObject):
     @pyqtSlot()
     @pyqtSlot(str)
     @pyqtSlot(str,str)
-    def generate_seed(self, seed_type='standard', language='en'):
+    def generate_seed(self, seed_type='segwit', language='en'):
         self._logger.debug('generating seed of type ' + str(seed_type))
         self.generatedSeed = mnemonic.Mnemonic(language).make_seed(seed_type=seed_type)
         self._logger.debug('seed generated')
         self.generatedSeedChanged.emit()
+
+    @pyqtProperty(bool, notify=seedValidChanged)
+    def seed_valid(self):
+        return self.seedValid
+
+    @pyqtSlot(str)
+    @pyqtSlot(str,str)
+    @pyqtSlot(str,str,str)
+    @pyqtSlot(str,str,str,str)
+    def verify_seed(self, seed, bip39=False, seed_type='segwit', language='en'):
+        self._logger.debug('verify seed of type ' + str(seed_type))
+        #TODO
+        #self._logger.debug('seed verified')
+        #self.seedValidChanged.emit()
+
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
index 33eddf6b2..91130f42e 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qedaemon.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class QEAvailableWalletListModel(QEWalletListModel):
         self.daemon = daemon
         self.reload()
 
+    @pyqtSlot()
     def reload(self):
         if len(self.wallets) > 0:
             self.beginRemoveRows(QModelIndex(), 0, len(self.wallets) - 1)
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qewalletdb.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qewalletdb.py
index 8ece5bb5f..00f7fa1a9 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qewalletdb.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qewalletdb.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
 from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtProperty, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QObject
 
 from electrum.logging import Logger, get_logger
-from electrum.storage import WalletStorage
+from electrum.storage import WalletStorage, StorageEncryptionVersion
 from electrum.wallet_db import WalletDB
 from electrum.util import InvalidPassword
+from electrum import keystore
 
 from .qedaemon import QEDaemon
 
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@ class QEWalletDB(QObject):
     upgradingChanged = pyqtSignal()
     splitFinished = pyqtSignal()
     readyChanged = pyqtSignal()
+    createError = pyqtSignal([str], arguments=["error"])
+    createSuccess = pyqtSignal()
 
     def reset(self):
         self._path = None
@@ -201,3 +206,39 @@ class QEWalletDB(QObject):
         #wallet.start_network(self.network)
         #self._wallets[path] = wallet
         #return wallet
+
+    @pyqtSlot('QJSValue')
+    def create_storage(self, js_data):
+        self._logger.info('Creating wallet from wizard data')
+        data = js_data.toVariant()
+        self._logger.debug(str(data))
+
+        try:
+            path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(self.daemon.config.get_wallet_path()), data['wallet_name'])
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                raise Exception('file already exists at path')
+            storage = WalletStorage(path)
+
+            k = keystore.from_seed(data['seed'], data['seed_extra_words'], data['wallet_type'] == 'multisig')
+
+            if data['encrypt']:
+                storage.set_password(data['password'], enc_version=StorageEncryptionVersion.USER_PASSWORD)
+
+            db = WalletDB('', manual_upgrades=False)
+            db.set_keystore_encryption(bool(data['password']) and data['encrypt'])
+
+            db.put('wallet_type', data['wallet_type'])
+            db.put('seed_type', data['seed_type'])
+            db.put('keystore', k.dump())
+            if k.can_have_deterministic_lightning_xprv():
+                db.put('lightning_xprv', k.get_lightning_xprv(None))
+
+            db.load_plugins()
+            db.write(storage)
+
+            self.createSuccess.emit()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self._logger.error(str(e))
+            self.createError.emit(str(e))
+
+