diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/AccountManager.kt b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/AccountManager.kt
index e253384ead0..b829d2af9dc 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/AccountManager.kt
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/android/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/module/AccountManager.kt
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ class AccountManager(private val reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactC
 
     private fun updateConfig(jsonConfigString: String, absRootDirPath: String, keystoreDirPath: String): String {
         val jsonConfig = JSONObject(jsonConfigString)
-        val dataDirPath = jsonConfig.getString("DataDir")
+        // when doing local pair syncing, backend will provide default data dir
+        val dataDirPath = jsonConfig.optString("DataDir","")
         val logEnabled = jsonConfig.getBoolean("LogEnabled")
         val gethLogFile = if (logEnabled) logManager.prepareLogsFile(reactContext) else null
         val gethLogDirPath = gethLogFile?.parent
@@ -140,7 +141,6 @@ class AccountManager(private val reactContext: ReactApplicationContext) : ReactC
             updatedJsonConfigString
         } catch (e: JSONException) {
             Log.e(TAG, "updateConfig failed: ${e.message}")
-            System.exit(1)
             ""
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/AccountManager.m b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/AccountManager.m
index 7092ef5fe66..328800396cf 100644
--- a/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/AccountManager.m
+++ b/modules/react-native-status/ios/RCTStatus/AccountManager.m
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ -(NSString *) prepareDirAndUpdateConfig:(NSString *)config
     NSData *configData = [config dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
     NSDictionary *configJSON = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:configData options:NSJSONReadingMutableContainers error:nil];
     NSString *relativeDataDir = [configJSON objectForKey:@"DataDir"];
+    if (relativeDataDir == nil) {
+        relativeDataDir = @"";
+    }
     NSString *absDataDir = [rootUrl.path stringByAppendingString:relativeDataDir];
     NSURL *absDataDirUrl = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:absDataDir];
     NSString *keystoreDir = [@"/keystore/" stringByAppendingString:keyUID];
diff --git a/src/legacy/status_im/node/core.cljs b/src/legacy/status_im/node/core.cljs
index e7518df2780..637bb6e189d 100644
--- a/src/legacy/status_im/node/core.cljs
+++ b/src/legacy/status_im/node/core.cljs
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
     [clojure.string :as string]
     [legacy.status-im.utils.deprecated-types :as types]
     [react-native.platform :as platform]
-    [status-im.config :as config]
-    [utils.ethereum.chain :as chain]))
+    [status-im.config :as config]))
 
 (defn- add-log-level
   [config log-level]
@@ -117,10 +116,7 @@
         {:keys [installation-id log-level
                 waku-bloom-filter-mode]}
         profile]
-    (cond-> {:NetworkId      (chain/chain-keyword->chain-id :mainnet)
-             :DataDir        "/ethereum/mainnet_rpc"
-             :UpstreamConfig {:Enabled true
-                              :URL     config/mainnet-rpc-url}}
+    (cond-> {}
       :always
       (get-base-node-config)
 
diff --git a/status-go-version.json b/status-go-version.json
index 30f5acfcee2..ed0864e80ff 100644
--- a/status-go-version.json
+++ b/status-go-version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "_comment": "Instead use: scripts/update-status-go.sh <rev>",
     "owner": "status-im",
     "repo": "status-go",
-    "version": "v0.179.9",
-    "commit-sha1": "ebca8b87d1c0a17262c604ea3c07157eaca7a7db",
-    "src-sha256": "1nf0pz4k502vh1va1pc45birnm3p83y56a82cynj80y1y7rjmc2m"
+    "version": "v0.179.10",
+    "commit-sha1": "90b18d4f8801b09f68bb5b794a5b6af92001d26e",
+    "src-sha256": "0dlrnpr7wj9z2ywm90avgdzdr9wg71dy82v5jjc9wmiz537mn7wy"
 }