diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index d027d41b0..65830843f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -857,13 +857,14 @@
           <div class="small-12 medium-6 medium-centered large-6 large-centered columns">
             <fieldset>
               <legend>Bitcoin Network</legend>
-              <div ng-if="!forceNetwork">
                 <input id="network-name" type="checkbox" ng-model="networkName"
-                 ng-true-value="livenet" ng-false-value="testnet" class="form-control" ng-click="changeNetwork()">
+                 ng-true-value="livenet" ng-false-value="testnet" class="form-control" ng-click="changeNetwork()"
+                 ng-disabled="forceNetwork" 
+                 ng-checked="networkName == 'livenet' ? true : false">
                 <label for="network-name">Livenet</label>
-              </div>
-              <div ng-if="forceNetwork">
-                Network has been fixed to <strong>{{networkName}}</strong> in this setup. See <a href="https://copay.io">copay.io</a>
+              <div ng-show="forceNetwork">
+                Network has been fixed to
+                <strong>{{networkName}}</strong> in this setup. See <a href="https://copay.io">copay.io</a>
                  for options to use Copay on both livenet and testnet.
               </div>
             </fieldset>
diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 624c12f0d..01c36efb6 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ if (localConfig) {
   var count = 0;
   for (name in localConfig) {
     if (localConfig.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+      if (name === 'networkName' && config['forceNetwork']) {
+        continue;
+      }
       config[name] = localConfig[name];
     }
   }
diff --git a/js/models/core/Wallet.js b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
index 87f20d61e..75ca23191 100644
--- a/js/models/core/Wallet.js
+++ b/js/models/core/Wallet.js
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ function Wallet(opts) {
       throw new Error('missing required option for Wallet: ' + k);
     self[k] = opts[k];
   });
-  if (copayConfig.forceNetwork && opts.networkName !== copayConfig.networkName)
+  if (copayConfig.forceNetwork && this.getNetworkName() !== copayConfig.networkName)
     throw new Error('Network forced to '+copayConfig.networkName+
-        ' and tried to create a Wallet with network '+opts.networkName);
+        ' and tried to create a Wallet with network '+ this.getNetworkName());
 
   this.log('creating ' + opts.requiredCopayers + ' of ' + opts.totalCopayers + ' wallet');