Update README regarding GUI starting backend

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18aeaa726e..e31163948c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ The specific build tool version that is required is `v141`.
 If you change any javascript file while the development mode is running it will automatically
 transpile and reload the file so that the changes are visible almost immediately.
 
-The app will attempt to start the daemon automatically. The exact binary being run can be
-customized with the `MULLVAD_BACKEND` environment variable.
+Please note that the GUI needs a running daemon to connect to in order to work. See
+[Building and running mullvad-daemon](#building-and-running-mullvad-daemon) for instruction on how
+to do that before starting the GUI.
 
-If the `/tmp/.mullvad_rpc_address` file exists the app will not start the daemon, so if you want
-to run a specific version of the daemon you can just start it yourself and the app will pick up on
-it and behave accordingly.
+The GUI will need to resolve the path to binaries. In development mode this defaults to
+`./target/debug/`, but can be configured with the `MULLVAD_PATH` environment variable.
 
 
 ## Packaging the app
diff --git a/app/lib/proc.js b/app/lib/proc.js
index f7603bbdff..d0cd46f886 100644
--- a/app/lib/proc.js
+++ b/app/lib/proc.js
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ export function resolveBin(binaryName: string) {
 
 function getBasePath() {
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-    return process.env.MULLVAD_BACKEND || './target/debug';
-
+    return process.env.MULLVAD_PATH || './target/debug';
   } else {
     return process.resourcesPath;
   }