diff --git a/src-gui/src/renderer/rpc.ts b/src-gui/src/renderer/rpc.ts
index 597f781e3..e4fa7f338 100644
--- a/src-gui/src/renderer/rpc.ts
+++ b/src-gui/src/renderer/rpc.ts
@@ -293,15 +293,21 @@ export async function updateAllNodeStatuses() {
   const network = getNetwork();
   const settings = store.getState().settings;
 
-  // Only check Monero nodes if we're using custom nodes (not RPC pool)
-  // Skip Bitcoin nodes since we pass all electrum servers to the backend without checking them (ElectrumBalancer handles failover)
-  if (!settings.useMoneroRpcPool) {
-    await Promise.all(
-      settings.nodes[network][Blockchain.Monero].map((node) =>
-        updateNodeStatus(node, Blockchain.Monero, network),
-      ),
-    );
-  }
+  // We pass all electrum servers to the backend without checking them (ElectrumBalancer handles failover),
+  // but check these anyway since the status appears in the GUI.
+  // Only check Monero nodes if we're using custom nodes (not RPC pool).
+  await Promise.all(
+    (settings.useMoneroRpcPool
+      ? [Blockchain.Bitcoin]
+      : [Blockchain.Bitcoin, Blockchain.Monero]
+    )
+      .map((blockchain) =>
+        settings.nodes[network][blockchain].map((node) =>
+          updateNodeStatus(node, blockchain, network),
+        ),
+      )
+      .flat(),
+  );
 }
 
 export async function cheapCheckBitcoinBalance() {