diff --git a/renderer/reducers/payment/reducer.js b/renderer/reducers/payment/reducer.js
index 6e131d41dfb..41d1e321036 100644
--- a/renderer/reducers/payment/reducer.js
+++ b/renderer/reducers/payment/reducer.js
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ export const payInvoice = ({
         value: amt,
         remainingRetries: retries,
         paymentRequest: payload.paymentRequest,
+        dest: payload.dest && payload.dest.toString('hex'),
         maxRetries: retries,
         isKeysend,
       })
diff --git a/renderer/reducers/payment/utils.js b/renderer/reducers/payment/utils.js
index 00cdf7283c0..f8ec22b56c9 100644
--- a/renderer/reducers/payment/utils.js
+++ b/renderer/reducers/payment/utils.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export const decoratePayment = (payment, nodes = []) => {
 
   // First try to get the pubkey from payment.htlcs list (lnd 0.9+)
   // Fallback to looking in the legacy payment.path property.
-  let pubkey
+  let pubkey = payment.dest
   if (payment.htlcs) {
     const hops = get(payment, 'htlcs[0].route.hops', [])
     const lasthop = hops[hops.length - 1]