diff --git a/electrum/lnmsg.py b/electrum/lnmsg.py
index eeb83af50..e8ad41d24 100644
--- a/electrum/lnmsg.py
+++ b/electrum/lnmsg.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ def _parse_msgtype_intvalue_for_onion_wire(value: str) -> int:
 
 class LNSerializer:
 
-    def __init__(self, *, for_onion_wire: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, *, name: str = 'peer_wire'):
         # TODO msg_type could be 'int' everywhere...
         self.msg_scheme_from_type = {}  # type: Dict[bytes, List[Sequence[str]]]
         self.msg_type_from_name = {}  # type: Dict[str, bytes]
@@ -334,10 +334,7 @@ class LNSerializer:
 
         self.subtypes = {}  # type: Dict[str, Dict[str, Sequence[str]]]
 
-        if for_onion_wire:
-            path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "lnwire", "onion_wire.csv")
-        else:
-            path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "lnwire", "peer_wire.csv")
+        path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "lnwire", name + ".csv")
         with open(path, newline='') as f:
             csvreader = csv.reader(f)
             for row in csvreader:
@@ -345,7 +342,7 @@ class LNSerializer:
                 if row[0] == "msgtype":
                     # msgtype,<msgname>,<value>[,<option>]
                     msg_type_name = row[1]
-                    if for_onion_wire:
+                    if name == 'onion_wire':
                         msg_type_int = _parse_msgtype_intvalue_for_onion_wire(str(row[2]))
                     else:
                         msg_type_int = int(row[2])
@@ -668,4 +665,4 @@ encode_msg = _inst.encode_msg
 decode_msg = _inst.decode_msg
 
 
-OnionWireSerializer = LNSerializer(for_onion_wire=True)
+OnionWireSerializer = LNSerializer(name='onion_wire')