diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Controllers/StoresController.LightningLike.cs b/BTCPayServer/Controllers/StoresController.LightningLike.cs
index 2c0faee78..7a573a28d 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Controllers/StoresController.LightningLike.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Controllers/StoresController.LightningLike.cs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Controllers
                     var handler = _ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<LightningLikePaymentHandler>();
                     try
                     {
-                        var info = await handler.GetNodeInfo(paymentMethod, network, new InvoiceLogs(), Request.IsOnion());
+                        var info = await handler.GetNodeInfo(paymentMethod, network, new InvoiceLogs(), Request.IsOnion(), true);
                         if (!vm.SkipPortTest)
                         {
                             using var cts = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(20));
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
index baad0624f..c082e51e3 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Payments/Lightning/LightningLikePaymentHandler.cs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Payments.Lightning
             };
         }
 
-        public async Task<NodeInfo[]> GetNodeInfo(LightningSupportedPaymentMethod supportedPaymentMethod, BTCPayNetwork network, InvoiceLogs invoiceLogs, bool? preferOnion = null)
+        public async Task<NodeInfo[]> GetNodeInfo(LightningSupportedPaymentMethod supportedPaymentMethod, BTCPayNetwork network, InvoiceLogs invoiceLogs, bool? preferOnion = null, bool throws=false)
         {
             if (!_Dashboard.IsFullySynched(network.CryptoCode, out var summary))
                 throw new PaymentMethodUnavailableException("Full node not available");
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Payments.Lightning
                     return nodeInfo;
                 }
             }
-            catch(Exception e)
+            catch(Exception e) when (!throws)
             {
                 invoiceLogs.Write($"NodeInfo failed to be fetched: {e.Message}", InvoiceEventData.EventSeverity.Error);
             }