diff --git a/nym-api/enter_db.sh b/nym-api/enter_db.sh
index e2230554c9..84094e5ec8 100755
--- a/nym-api/enter_db.sh
+++ b/nym-api/enter_db.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-sqlite3 -init settings.sql /Users/jedrzej/workspace/nym/target/debug/build/nym-api-4b7e804a8ee69b15/out/nym-api-example.sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
+sqlite3 -init settings.sql /Users/jedrzej/workspace/nym/target/debug/build/nym-api-84610644ac15a598/out/nym-api-example.sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nym-node/src/config/old_configs/old_config_v9.rs b/nym-node/src/config/old_configs/old_config_v9.rs
index 058edfc61e..356116f6bb 100644
--- a/nym-node/src/config/old_configs/old_config_v9.rs
+++ b/nym-node/src/config/old_configs/old_config_v9.rs
@@ -1291,6 +1291,10 @@ impl ConfigV9 {
 }
 
 async fn upgrade_sphinx_key(old_cfg: &ConfigV9) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf), NymNodeError> {
+    // we mark the current sphinx key as the primary and attach the current rotation id
+    let rotation_id =
+        get_current_rotation_id(&old_cfg.mixnet.nym_api_urls, &old_cfg.mixnet.nyxd_urls).await?;
+
     let current_sphinx_key_path = &old_cfg.storage_paths.keys.private_x25519_sphinx_key_file;
     let current_pubkey_path = &old_cfg.storage_paths.keys.public_x25519_sphinx_key_file;
 
@@ -1304,10 +1308,6 @@ async fn upgrade_sphinx_key(old_cfg: &ConfigV9) -> Result<(PathBuf, PathBuf), Ny
     let primary_key_path = keys_dir.join(DEFAULT_PRIMARY_X25519_SPHINX_KEY_FILENAME);
     let secondary_key_path = keys_dir.join(DEFAULT_SECONDARY_X25519_SPHINX_KEY_FILENAME);
 
-    // we mark the current sphinx key as the primary and attach the current rotation id
-    let rotation_id =
-        get_current_rotation_id(&old_cfg.mixnet.nym_api_urls, &old_cfg.mixnet.nyxd_urls).await?;
-
     let primary_key = SphinxPrivateKey::import(current_sphinx_key, rotation_id);
     store_key(&primary_key, &primary_key_path, "sphinx private key")?;