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-rw-r--r--src/qt/intro.cpp7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/qt/intro.cpp b/src/qt/intro.cpp
index 26efc4a788..f342606495 100644
--- a/src/qt/intro.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/intro.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,12 @@ void Intro::pickDataDirectory()
settings.setValue("strDataDir", dataDir);
}
- SoftSetArg("-datadir", GUIUtil::qstringToBoostPath(dataDir).string()); // use OS locale for path setting
+ /* Only override -datadir if different from the default, to make it possible to
+ * override -datadir in the bitcoin.conf file in the default data directory
+ * (to be consistent with bitcoind behavior)
+ */
+ if(dataDir != getDefaultDataDirectory())
+ SoftSetArg("-datadir", GUIUtil::qstringToBoostPath(dataDir).string()); // use OS locale for path setting
}
void Intro::setStatus(int status, const QString &message, quint64 bytesAvailable)