diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index ccb112863..a633ef7df 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
     // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
-    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    // For more information, visit: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/debugging#_launch-configurations
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
         {
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e137fadb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/managers/wallet_manager.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/managers/wallet_manager.py
index d44006a26..8c27f531d 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/managers/wallet_manager.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/managers/wallet_manager.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class WalletManager:
                                 )
                                 self.wallets[wallet_name] = loaded_wallet
                             except Exception as e:
-                                handle_exception(e)
+                                logger.exception(e)
                                 self._failed_load_wallets.append(
                                     {
                                         **wallets_update_list[wallet],
@@ -263,14 +263,13 @@ class WalletManager:
         # only ignore rpc errors
         except RpcError as e:
             logger.error(f"Failed updating wallet manager. RPC error: {e}")
-        logger.info("Updating wallet manager done. Result:")
-        logger.info(f"  * loaded_wallets: {len(self.wallets)}")
-        logger.info(f"  * failed_load_wallets: {len(self._failed_load_wallets)}")
-        for wallet in self._failed_load_wallets:
-            logger.info(f"    * {wallet['name']} : {wallet['loading_error']}")
-
-        wallets_update_list = {}
-        self.is_loading = False
+        finally:
+            self.is_loading = False
+            logger.info("Updating wallet manager done. Result:")
+            logger.info(f"  * loaded_wallets: {len(self.wallets)}")
+            logger.info(f"  * failed_load_wallets: {len(self._failed_load_wallets)}")
+            for wallet in self._failed_load_wallets:
+                logger.info(f"    * {wallet['name']} : {wallet['loading_error']}")
 
     def get_by_alias(self, alias):
         for wallet_name in self.wallets:
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/server_endpoints/wallets/wallets.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/server_endpoints/wallets/wallets.py
index 3e08f76f4..5234d7421 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/server_endpoints/wallets/wallets.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/server_endpoints/wallets/wallets.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def history(wallet_alias):
     wallet.update_balance()
     wallet.check_utxo()
 
-    renderting = render_template(
+    return render_template(
         "wallet/history/wallet_history.jinja",
         wallet_alias=wallet_alias,
         wallet=wallet,
@@ -453,8 +453,6 @@ def history(wallet_alias):
         rand=rand,
         services=app.specter.service_manager.services,
     )
-    logger.info("-------------------end render_template()")
-    return renderting
 
 
 ###### Wallet receive ######
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/txlist.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/txlist.py
index 4d8f42b11..c6458fa29 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/txlist.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/txlist.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ from .persistence import delete_file, read_csv, write_csv
 from .specter_error import SpecterError, SpecterInternalException
 from embit.descriptor import Descriptor
 from embit.liquid.descriptor import LDescriptor
+from .util.common import str2bool
 from .util.psbt import (
     AbstractTxContext,
     SpecterInputScope,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ class TxItem(dict, AbstractTxListContext):
         "vsize",
         "address",
     ]
+    # type_converter will be used to _read_csv to have a proper mapping
     type_converter = [
         str,
         int,
@@ -289,13 +291,14 @@ class TxItem(dict, AbstractTxListContext):
 
 class WalletAwareTxItem(TxItem):
     PSBTCls = SpecterPSBT
+
+    # Columns for writing CSVs, type_converter for reading
     columns = TxItem.columns.copy()
     columns.extend(
         ["category", "flow_amount", "utxo_amount", "ismine"],
     )
-
     type_converter = TxItem.type_converter.copy()
-    type_converter.extend([str, float, float, bool])
+    type_converter.extend([str, float, float, str2bool])
 
     def __init__(self, parent, addresses, rawdir, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(parent, addresses, rawdir, **kwargs)
@@ -323,6 +326,24 @@ class WalletAwareTxItem(TxItem):
             self._psbt.update(updated)
         return self._psbt
 
+    @property
+    def is_taproot(self):
+        return str(self.descriptor).startswith("tr(")
+
+    def decode_psbt(self, mode="embit") -> SpecterPSBT:
+        """Utility function which decodes this tx as psbt
+        as in the core rpc-call 'decodepsbt'.
+        However, it uses embit to calculate the details
+        use mode=core to ask core directly.
+        embit might support taproot, core might not.
+        """
+        if mode == "core":
+            return self.rpc.decodepsbt(str(self.psbt))
+        elif mode == "embit":
+            return self.psbt.to_dict()
+        else:
+            raise SpecterInternalException(f"Mode {mode} does not exist")
+
     @property
     def category(self):
         """One of mixed (default), generate, selftransfer, receive or send"""
@@ -385,8 +406,11 @@ class WalletAwareTxItem(TxItem):
     def ismine(self) -> bool:
         if self.get("ismine"):
             return self["ismine"]
-        inputs = self.psbt.inputs
-        outputs = self.psbt.outputs
+        if self.is_taproot:
+            # This is a bug mitigation, see #2078
+            return True
+        inputs: List[SpecterInputScope] = self.psbt.inputs
+        outputs: List[SpecterOutputScope] = self.psbt.outputs
         any_inputs_mine = any([inp.is_mine for inp in inputs])
         any_outputs_mine = any([out.is_mine for out in outputs])
         self["ismine"] = any_inputs_mine or any_outputs_mine
@@ -417,14 +441,6 @@ class WalletAwareTxItem(TxItem):
         self["address"] = addresses[0]
         return self["address"]
 
-    def __dict__(self):
-        super_dict = dict(self)
-        super_dict["category"] = self.category
-        super_dict["flow_amount"] = self.flow_amount
-        super_dict["utxo_amount"] = self.utxo_amount
-        super_dict["ismine"] = (self["ismine"] or self.ismine,)
-        return super_dict
-
 
 class TxList(dict, AbstractTxListContext):
     """A TxList is a dict with txids as keys and TxItems as values."""
@@ -474,6 +490,8 @@ class TxList(dict, AbstractTxListContext):
             tx.clear_cache()
         delete_file(self.path)
         self._file_exists = False
+        self.clear()
+
         logger.info(f"Cleared the Cache for {self.path} (and rawdir)")
 
     def getfetch(self, txid):
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/common.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/common.py
index d5cf55547..a071bde31 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/common.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/util/common.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import json
 from flask_babel.speaklater import LazyString
 from typing import Union
+from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -12,11 +13,9 @@ def str2bool(my_str):
     """returns a reasonable boolean from a string so that "False" will result in False"""
     if my_str is None:
         return False
-    elif isinstance(my_str, str) and my_str.lower() == "false":
-        return False
-    elif isinstance(my_str, str) and my_str.lower() == "off":
-        return False
-    return bool(my_str)
+    elif isinstance(my_str, bool):
+        return my_str
+    return bool(strtobool(my_str))
 
 
 def camelcase2snake_case(name):
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/wallet.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/wallet.py
index bf4066000..6920334d9 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specter/wallet.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specter/wallet.py
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ class Wallet:
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(e)
             self._full_utxo = []
-            raise SpecterError(f"Failed to load utxos, {e}")
+            raise SpecterError(f"Failed to load utxos, {type(e).__name__}: {e}")
 
     def check_utxo_orig(self):
         """fetches the utxo-set from core and stores the result in self.__full_utxo which is
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/devhelp/templates/devhelp/dev-console.jinja b/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/devhelp/templates/devhelp/dev-console.jinja
index b3b5dbc64..2f9389791 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/devhelp/templates/devhelp/dev-console.jinja
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/devhelp/templates/devhelp/dev-console.jinja
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@
         <br><br>
         <input name="Submit" class="btn" type="submit" value="Submit" />
     </form>
-    you can also do that in any javascript.console with:
+    Press <b>F12</b> to open the dev-console (helpful to see objects)<br>
+    You can also do that in any javascript.console with:
     <pre>
-    await pythonCommand("app.specter") 
+    await pythonCommand('app.specter') 
     </pre>
     Some usefull idioms:
     <pre>
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
 
 
             } else {
+                console.log(result)
                 if (result == "") {
                     result = "(empty string)"
                 }
diff --git a/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/spectrum/spectrum_node.py b/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/spectrum/spectrum_node.py
index 8d0c969b0..fe5bc8222 100644
--- a/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/spectrum/spectrum_node.py
+++ b/src/cryptoadvance/specterext/spectrum/spectrum_node.py
@@ -224,3 +224,7 @@ class SpectrumNode(AbstractNode):
 
     def node_connection_template(self):
         return "spectrum/components/spectrum_node_connection.jinja"
+
+    @property
+    def taproot_support(self):
+        return False