diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Preferences.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Preferences.qml
index 6c561a15c..b5d8c012d 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/Preferences.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/Preferences.qml
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ Pane {
                             }
                         }
 
+                        Switch {
+                            id: useRbf
+                            text: qsTr('Use Replace-By-Fee')
+                            Layout.columnSpan: 2
+                            onCheckedChanged: {
+                                if (activeFocus)
+                                    Config.useRbf = checked
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         Label {
                             text: qsTr('Default request expiry')
                             Layout.fillWidth: false
@@ -223,6 +233,16 @@ Pane {
                             }
                         }
 
+                        Switch {
+                            id: useRecoverableChannels
+                            text: qsTr('Create recoverable channels')
+                            Layout.columnSpan: 2
+                            onCheckedChanged: {
+                                if (activeFocus)
+                                    Config.useRecoverableChannels = checked
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         Switch {
                             id: useFallbackAddress
                             text: qsTr('Use onchain fallback address for Lightning invoices')
@@ -233,16 +253,6 @@ Pane {
                             }
                         }
 
-                        Switch {
-                            id: useRbf
-                            text: qsTr('Use Replace-By-Fee')
-                            Layout.columnSpan: 2
-                            onCheckedChanged: {
-                                if (activeFocus)
-                                    Config.useRbf = checked
-                            }
-                        }
-
                     }
 
                 }
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qeconfig.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qeconfig.py
index cc5663df2..f6d9a2c50 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qeconfig.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qeconfig.py
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ class QEConfig(AuthMixin, QObject):
         self.config.set_key('use_rbf', useRbf)
         self.useRbfChanged.emit()
 
+    useRecoverableChannelsChanged = pyqtSignal()
+    @pyqtProperty(bool, notify=useRecoverableChannelsChanged)
+    def useRecoverableChannels(self):
+        return self.config.get('use_recoverable_channels', True)
+
+    @useRecoverableChannels.setter
+    def useRecoverableChannels(self, useRecoverableChannels):
+        self.config.set_key('use_recoverable_channels', useRecoverableChannels)
+        self.useRecoverableChannelsChanged.emit()
+
     @pyqtSlot('qint64', result=str)
     @pyqtSlot('qint64', bool, result=str)
     @pyqtSlot(QEAmount, result=str)