diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
index 6020a5d96..b5d16700e 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qewizard.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class QENewWalletWizard(NewWalletWizard, QEAbstractWizard):
 
             self.createSuccess.emit()
         except Exception as e:
-            self._logger.error(f"createStorage errored: {e!r}")
+            self._logger.exception(f"createStorage errored: {e!r}")
             self.createError.emit(str(e))
 
 
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qt/installwizard.py b/electrum/gui/qt/installwizard.py
index 0fb20d705..b875f4e3a 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qt/installwizard.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qt/installwizard.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class InstallWizard(QDialog, MessageBoxMixin, BaseWizard):
             self.run(action)
             for k, v in self.data.items():
                 db.put(k, v)
-            db.write(storage)
+            db.write()
             return
 
         if db.requires_upgrade():
diff --git a/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py b/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
index ee1f36088..a090e30f9 100644
--- a/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
+++ b/electrum/plugins/trustedcoin/trustedcoin.py
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ class Wallet_2fa(Multisig_Wallet):
         self.db.put('trustedcoin_billing_addresses', self._billing_addresses['legacy'])
         self.db.put('trustedcoin_billing_addresses_segwit', self._billing_addresses['segwit'])
         # FIXME this often runs in a daemon thread, where storage.write will fail
-        self.db.write(self.storage)
+        self.db.write()
 
     def is_billing_address(self, addr: str) -> bool:
         return addr in self._billing_addresses_set
diff --git a/electrum/wizard.py b/electrum/wizard.py
index f592767c2..a50671c3c 100644
--- a/electrum/wizard.py
+++ b/electrum/wizard.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ class NewWalletWizard(AbstractWizard):
             db.put('lightning_xprv', k.get_lightning_xprv(data['password'] if data['encrypt'] else None))
 
         db.load_plugins()
-        db.write(storage)
+        db.write()
 
 class ServerConnectWizard(AbstractWizard):