diff --git a/electron/start-ipfs.js b/electron/start-ipfs.js
index 97864f35..63e7f79d 100644
--- a/electron/start-ipfs.js
+++ b/electron/start-ipfs.js
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ const startIpfs = async () => {
     await spawnAsync(ipfsPath, ['init'], { env, hideWindows: true });
   } catch (e) {}
 
+  // make sure repo is migrated
+  try {
+    await spawnAsync(ipfsPath, ['repo', 'migrate'], { env, hideWindows: true });
+  } catch (e) {}
+
   // dont use 8080 port because it's too common
-  await spawnAsync(ipfsPath, ['config', '--json', 'Addresses.Gateway', 'null'], {
+  await spawnAsync(ipfsPath, ['config', '--json', 'Addresses.Gateway', '"/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/6473"'], {
     env,
     hideWindows: true,
   });