diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli/cli.py b/cashu/wallet/cli/cli.py
index a098b85..61e4fcd 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli/cli.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli/cli.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def cli(ctx: Context, host: str, walletname: str):
         ctx.obj["HOST"], os.path.join(settings.cashu_dir, walletname), name=walletname
     )
     ctx.obj["WALLET"] = wallet
-    asyncio.run(init_wallet(wallet))
+    asyncio.run(init_wallet(ctx.obj["WALLET"]))
 
     # MUTLIMINT: Select a wallet
     # only if a command is one of a subset that needs to specify a mint host
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def cli(ctx: Context, host: str, walletname: str):
     if ctx.invoked_subcommand not in ["send", "invoice", "pay"] or host:
         return
     # else: we ask the user to select one
-    ctx.obj["WALLET"] = wallet  # set a wallet for get_mint_wallet in the next step
     ctx.obj["WALLET"] = asyncio.run(
         get_mint_wallet(ctx)
     )  # select a specific wallet by CLI input
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli/cli_helpers.py b/cashu/wallet/cli/cli_helpers.py
index 66243ca..263a3a7 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli/cli_helpers.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli/cli_helpers.py
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ async def get_mint_wallet(ctx: Context):
     wallet: Wallet = ctx.obj["WALLET"]
     mint_balances = await wallet.balance_per_minturl()
 
-    # if we have balances on more than one mint, we ask the user to select one
-    if len(mint_balances) > 1:
+    if ctx.obj["HOST"] not in mint_balances:
+        mint_url = wallet.url
+    elif len(mint_balances) > 1:
+        # if we have balances on more than one mint, we ask the user to select one
         await print_mint_balances(wallet, show_mints=True)
 
         url_max = max(mint_balances, key=lambda v: mint_balances[v]["available"])
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/nostr.py b/cashu/wallet/nostr.py
index bcffafb..b2260cc 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/nostr.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/nostr.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from ..core.settings import settings
 from ..nostr.nostr.client.client import NostrClient
 from ..nostr.nostr.event import Event
 from ..nostr.nostr.key import PublicKey
-from .cli.cli_helpers import get_mint_wallet
 from .crud import get_nostr_last_check_timestamp, set_nostr_last_check_timestamp
 from .helpers import receive
 from .wallet import Wallet