diff --git a/bin/libbfa.sh b/bin/libbfa.sh
index 9b363b63f0ba3a0cca5cbf0ae4dcd71e6d396a26..72915257daa8eb8fe6c45684b7da724fadba9275 100644
--- a/bin/libbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/libbfa.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ function bfainit
     then
         mkdir -p "${BFANODEDIR}"
         echo "Node is not initialised. Initialising with genesis."
-        geth --config "${BFANETWORKDIR}/config.toml" --cache 0 init "${BFANETWORKDIR}/genesis.json"
+        geth --network ${BFANETWORKID} --cache 0 --datadir "${BFANODEDIR}" init "${BFANETWORKDIR}/genesis.json"
     fi
 }