diff --git a/electrum/commands.py b/electrum/commands.py
index c72c63b6f..30a4c9b04 100644
--- a/electrum/commands.py
+++ b/electrum/commands.py
@@ -1077,7 +1077,8 @@ class Commands(Logger):
         arg:int:year:Show history for a given year
         """
         # trigger lnwatcher callbacks for their side effects: setting labels and accounting_addresses
-        await wallet.lnworker.lnwatcher.trigger_callbacks(requires_synchronizer=False)
+        if not self.network and wallet.lnworker:
+            await wallet.lnworker.lnwatcher.trigger_callbacks(requires_synchronizer=False)
 
         #'from_height': (None, "Only show transactions that confirmed after given block height"),
         #'to_height':   (None, "Only show transactions that confirmed before given block height"),
diff --git a/electrum/daemon.py b/electrum/daemon.py
index 434dd7092..86425d50b 100644
--- a/electrum/daemon.py
+++ b/electrum/daemon.py
@@ -470,7 +470,12 @@ class Daemon(Logger):
         if wallet := self._wallets.get(wallet_key):
             return wallet
         wallet = self._load_wallet(path, password, upgrade=upgrade, config=self.config)
-        wallet.start_network(self.network)
+        if self.network:
+            wallet.start_network(self.network)
+        elif wallet.lnworker:
+            # in offline mode, we need to trigger callbacks
+            coro = wallet.lnworker.lnwatcher.trigger_callbacks(requires_synchronizer=False)
+            asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, self.asyncio_loop)
         self.add_wallet(wallet)
         self.update_recently_opened_wallets(path)
         return wallet