diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-embedded/src/wallet-qjs.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-embedded/src/wallet-qjs.ts
index c4178e596..f7b73711c 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-embedded/src/wallet-qjs.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-embedded/src/wallet-qjs.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
   CoreApiMessageEnvelope,
   CoreApiResponse,
   CoreApiResponseSuccess,
+  InitRequest,
   j2s,
   Logger,
   setGlobalLogLevelFromString,
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ export async function getWallet(args: DefaultNodeWalletArgs = {}): Promise<{
 
 class NativeWalletMessageHandler {
   walletArgs: DefaultNodeWalletArgs | undefined;
+  initRequest: InitRequest = {};
   maybeWallet: Wallet | undefined;
   wp = openPromise<Wallet>();
   httpLib = new NativeHttpLib();
@@ -293,11 +295,9 @@ class NativeWalletMessageHandler {
       const wR = await getWallet(this.walletArgs);
       const w = wR.wallet;
       this.maybeWallet = w;
-      const resp = await w.handleCoreApiRequest(
-        "initWallet",
-        "native-init",
-        {...this.walletArgs},
-      );
+      const resp = await w.handleCoreApiRequest("initWallet", "native-init", {
+        ...this.initRequest,
+      });
       initResponse = resp.type == "response" ? resp.result : resp.error;
       w.runTaskLoop().catch((e) => {
         logger.error(
@@ -309,8 +309,10 @@ class NativeWalletMessageHandler {
 
     switch (operation) {
       case "init": {
-        this.walletArgs = {
+        this.initRequest = {
           ...args,
+        };
+        this.walletArgs = {
           notifyHandler: async (notification: WalletNotification) => {
             sendNativeMessage({ type: "notification", payload: notification });
           },
@@ -318,6 +320,10 @@ class NativeWalletMessageHandler {
           httpLib: this.httpLib,
           cryptoWorkerType: args.cryptoWorkerType,
         };
+        const logLevel = args.logLevel;
+        if (logLevel) {
+          setGlobalLogLevelFromString(logLevel);
+        }
         await reinit();
         return wrapResponse({
           ...initResponse,
@@ -383,7 +389,11 @@ export function installNativeWalletListener(): void {
     logger.info(`native listener: got request for ${operation} (${id})`);
 
     try {
-      const respMsg = await handler.handleMessage(operation, id, msg.args ?? {});
+      const respMsg = await handler.handleMessage(
+        operation,
+        id,
+        msg.args ?? {},
+      );
       logger.info(
         `native listener: sending success response for ${operation} (${id})`,
       );
@@ -400,7 +410,7 @@ export function installNativeWalletListener(): void {
     }
   };
 
-  qjsOs.setMessageFromHostHandler((m) => onMessage(m))
+  qjsOs.setMessageFromHostHandler((m) => onMessage(m));
 
   logger.info("native wallet listener installed");
 }