diff --git a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
index 7f2e1c493..568856ae1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/services/MigrationService.kt
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
     suspend fun markChannelRecoveryChecked() {
         val key = stringPreferencesKey(RN_CHANNEL_RECOVERY_CHECKED_KEY)
         rnMigrationStore.edit { it[key] = "true" }
+        Logger.info("markChannelRecoveryChecked", context = TAG)
     }
 
     suspend fun hasRNWalletData(): Boolean {
@@ -1488,6 +1489,7 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
             }
 
             if (monitors.isNotEmpty()) {
+                Logger.info("Found ${monitors.size} channel monitors", context = TAG)
                 pendingChannelMigration = PendingChannelMigration(
                     channelManager = managerData,
                     channelMonitors = monitors,
@@ -1643,6 +1645,7 @@ class MigrationService @Inject constructor(
                     )
                     null
                 }
+
                 else -> TransferEntity(
                     id = txId,
                     type = TransferType.TO_SPENDING,
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
index e2e8f54f4..ffc4d407f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/to/bitkit/viewmodels/WalletViewModel.kt
@@ -335,7 +335,10 @@ class WalletViewModel @Inject constructor(
 
         val allMonitorsRetrieved = runCatching {
             val allRetrieved = migrationService.fetchRNRemoteLdkData()
-            val channelMigration = buildChannelMigrationIfAvailable()
+            // don't overwrite channel manager, we only need the monitors for the sweep
+            val channelMigration = buildChannelMigrationIfAvailable()?.let {
+                ChannelDataMigration(channelManager = null, channelMonitors = it.channelMonitors)
+            }
 
             if (channelMigration == null) {
                 Logger.info("No channel monitors found on RN backup", context = TAG)