diff --git a/electrum/lnworker.py b/electrum/lnworker.py
index 8e39e7889..5bc933a4b 100644
--- a/electrum/lnworker.py
+++ b/electrum/lnworker.py
@@ -1511,8 +1511,7 @@ class LNWallet(Logger):
                 while not next_chan.is_open():
                     await asyncio.sleep(1)
             await util.wait_for2(wait_for_channel(), LN_P2P_NETWORK_TIMEOUT)
-            next_chan.save_remote_scid_alias(self._scid_alias_of_node(next_peer.pubkey))
-            self.logger.info(f'JIT channel is open')
+            self.logger.info(f'JIT channel is open (will forward htlc and await preimage now)')
             next_amount_msat_htlc -= channel_opening_fee
             # fixme: some checks are missing
             htlc = next_peer.send_htlc(
diff --git a/tests/regtest/regtest.sh b/tests/regtest/regtest.sh
index e51af808c..f9f19751c 100755
--- a/tests/regtest/regtest.sh
+++ b/tests/regtest/regtest.sh
@@ -779,10 +779,24 @@ if [[ $1 == "just_in_time" ]]; then
     echo "carol pays alice"
     # note: set amount to 0.001 to test failure: 'payment too low'
     invoice=$($alice add_request 0.01 --lightning --memo "invoice" | jq -r ".lightning_invoice")
-    success=$($carol lnpay $invoice| jq '.success')
-    if [[ $success != "true" ]]; then
-	echo "JIT payment failed"
-	exit 1
+    success=$($carol lnpay $invoice | jq -r ".success")
+    if [[ "$success" != "true" ]]; then
+        echo "jit payment failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    # try again, multiple jit openings should work without issues
+    new_blocks 3
+    echo "carol pays alice again"
+    invoice=$($alice add_request 0.04 --lightning --memo "invoice2" | jq -r ".lightning_invoice")
+    success=$($carol lnpay $invoice | jq -r ".success")
+    if [[ "$success" != "true" ]]; then
+        echo "jit payment failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    alice_chan_count=$($alice list_channels | jq '. | length')
+    if [[ "$alice_chan_count" != "2" ]]; then
+        echo "alice should have two jit channels"
+        exit 1
     fi
 fi