diff --git a/electrum/scripts/quick_start.py b/electrum/scripts/quick_start.py
index 27d821ad9..40960966f 100644
--- a/electrum/scripts/quick_start.py
+++ b/electrum/scripts/quick_start.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from electrum.simple_config import SimpleConfig
 from electrum import constants
 from electrum.daemon import Daemon
 from electrum.storage import WalletStorage
-from electrum.wallet import Wallet
+from electrum.wallet import Wallet, create_new_wallet
 from electrum.commands import Commands
 
 
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ daemon = Daemon(config, listen_jsonrpc=False)
 network = daemon.network
 assert network.asyncio_loop.is_running()
 
-command_runner = Commands(config, wallet=None, network=network)
-
 # get wallet on disk
 wallet_dir = os.path.dirname(config.get_wallet_path())
 wallet_path = os.path.join(wallet_dir, "test_wallet")
 if not os.path.exists(wallet_path):
-    config.set_key('wallet_path', wallet_path)
-    command_runner.create(segwit=True)
+    create_new_wallet(path=wallet_path, segwit=True)
 
 # open wallet
 storage = WalletStorage(wallet_path)
@@ -29,6 +26,7 @@ wallet = Wallet(storage)
 wallet.start_network(network)
 
 # you can use ~CLI commands by accessing command_runner
+command_runner = Commands(config, wallet=None, network=network)
 command_runner.wallet = wallet
 print("balance", command_runner.getbalance())
 print("addr",    command_runner.getunusedaddress())