diff --git a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
index d85dea0..72a2cc4 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <div class="col-md-12">
           <div class="form-check form-switch col-md-6">
             <label for="general-remote-ban-list" class="form-check-label">Remote ban list</label>
-            <input class="form-control form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="general-remote-ban-list" [checked]="currentSettings.remoteBanList" [(ngModel)]="currentSettings.remoteBanList" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">
+            <input class="form-control form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="general-remote-ban-list" [checked]="remoteBanList" [(ngModel)]="remoteBanList" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">
             <br>
             <small class="text-body-secondary">Specify a remote URL for download ban list</small>
           </div>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         
         <br>
 
-        <div *ngIf="!currentSettings.remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
+        <div *ngIf="!remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
           <label for="general-ban-list-file" class="form-label">Ban list file</label>
           <div class="input-group mb-3">
             <input id="general-ban-list-file" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" placeholder="" aria-label="Ban list file path" aria-describedby="basic-addon3" [value]="currentSettings.banList" readonly>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
           <small class="text-body-secondary">Specify ban list file, one IP address per line. It is <strong>not recommended</strong> to statically ban any IP addresses unless you absolutely need to. Banning IPs often excludes the most vulnerable users who are forced to operate entirely behind Tor or other anonymity networks</small>
         </div>
 
-        <div *ngIf="currentSettings.remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
+        <div *ngIf="remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
           <label for="general-ban-list-url" class="form-label">Ban list URL</label>
           <div class="input-group mb-3">
             <input id="general-ban-list-url" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" placeholder="https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt" aria-label="Ban list file url" aria-describedby="basic-addon3" [(ngModel)]="banListUrl"  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">
diff --git a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
index 96475ba..7bb32d2 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent {
   public currentSettings: DaemonSettings;
 
   public banListUrl: string = '';
+  public remoteBanList: boolean = false;
 
   public get validBanListUrl(): boolean {
     if (this.banListUrl == '') {
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent {
   public downloadingBanListFile: boolean = false;
 
   public async downloadBanListFile(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!this.currentSettings.remoteBanList) {
+    if (!this.remoteBanList) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -382,14 +383,17 @@ export class SettingsComponent {
 
     try {
       const destination = await this.electronService.selectFolder();
-      const filePath = await this.electronService.downloadFile(this.banListUrl, destination);
 
-      if (!filePath.endsWith('.txt')) {
-        throw new Error("Downloaded file doesn't seem to be a valid ban list txt file");
+      if (destination != '') {
+        const filePath = await this.electronService.downloadFile(this.banListUrl, destination);
+
+        if (!filePath.endsWith('.txt')) {
+          throw new Error("Downloaded file doesn't seem to be a valid ban list txt file");
+        }
+  
+        this.currentSettings.banList = filePath;
+        this.remoteBanList = false;
       }
-
-      this.currentSettings.banList = filePath;
-      this.currentSettings.remoteBanList = false;
     }
     catch (error: any) {
       console.error(error);
diff --git a/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts b/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
index 871ba6e..4ef899a 100644
--- a/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
+++ b/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ export class DaemonSettings {
   public anonymousInbound: string = '';
 
   public banList: string = '';
-  public remoteBanList: boolean = false;
   public hideMyPort: boolean = false;
 
   public noSync: boolean = false;