diff --git a/chanbackup/single.go b/chanbackup/single.go
index 83ddcb17..1bfb49ca 100644
--- a/chanbackup/single.go
+++ b/chanbackup/single.go
@@ -21,11 +21,16 @@ import (
 type SingleBackupVersion byte
 
 const (
-	// DefaultSingleVersion is the defautl version of the single channel
-	// backup. The seralized version of this static channel backup is
+	// DefaultSingleVersion is the default version of the single channel
+	// backup. The serialized version of this static channel backup is
 	// simply: version || SCB. Where SCB is the known format of the
 	// version.
 	DefaultSingleVersion = 0
+
+	// TweaklessCommitVersion is the second SCB version. This version
+	// implicitly denotes that this channel uses the new tweakless commit
+	// format.
+	TweaklessCommitVersion = 1
 )
 
 // Single is a static description of an existing channel that can be used for
@@ -121,8 +126,7 @@ func NewSingle(channel *channeldb.OpenChannel,
 	// key.
 	_, shaChainPoint := btcec.PrivKeyFromBytes(btcec.S256(), b.Bytes())
 
-	return Single{
-		Version:         DefaultSingleVersion,
+	single := Single{
 		IsInitiator:     channel.IsInitiator,
 		ChainHash:       channel.ChainHash,
 		FundingOutpoint: channel.FundingOutpoint,
@@ -139,6 +143,14 @@ func NewSingle(channel *channeldb.OpenChannel,
 			},
 		},
 	}
+
+	if channel.ChanType.IsTweakless() {
+		single.Version = TweaklessCommitVersion
+	} else {
+		single.Version = DefaultSingleVersion
+	}
+
+	return single
 }
 
 // Serialize attempts to write out the serialized version of the target
@@ -148,6 +160,7 @@ func (s *Single) Serialize(w io.Writer) error {
 	// we're aware of.
 	switch s.Version {
 	case DefaultSingleVersion:
+	case TweaklessCommitVersion:
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to serialize w/ unknown "+
 			"version: %v", s.Version)
@@ -305,6 +318,7 @@ func (s *Single) Deserialize(r io.Reader) error {
 
 	switch s.Version {
 	case DefaultSingleVersion:
+	case TweaklessCommitVersion:
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf("unable to de-serialize w/ unknown "+
 			"version: %v", s.Version)
diff --git a/chanbackup/single_test.go b/chanbackup/single_test.go
index 41f7bca8..ba56ece7 100644
--- a/chanbackup/single_test.go
+++ b/chanbackup/single_test.go
@@ -124,8 +124,14 @@ func genRandomOpenChannelShell() (*channeldb.OpenChannel, error) {
 		isInitiator = true
 	}
 
+	chanType := channeldb.SingleFunder
+	if rand.Int63()%2 == 0 {
+		chanType = channeldb.SingleFunderTweakless
+	}
+
 	return &channeldb.OpenChannel{
 		ChainHash:       chainHash,
+		ChanType:        chanType,
 		IsInitiator:     isInitiator,
 		FundingOutpoint: chanPoint,
 		ShortChannelID: lnwire.NewShortChanIDFromInt(
@@ -223,6 +229,12 @@ func TestSinglePackUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 			valid:   true,
 		},
 
+		// The new tweakless version, should pack/unpack with no problem.
+		{
+			version: TweaklessCommitVersion,
+			valid:   true,
+		},
+
 		// A non-default version, atm this should result in a failure.
 		{
 			version: 99,
@@ -274,7 +286,7 @@ func TestSinglePackUnpack(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			rawBytes := rawSingle.Bytes()
-			rawBytes[0] ^= 1
+			rawBytes[0] ^= 5
 
 			newReader := bytes.NewReader(rawBytes)
 			err = unpackedSingle.Deserialize(newReader)
diff --git a/chanrestore.go b/chanrestore.go
index f771f91b..50ab9efd 100644
--- a/chanrestore.go
+++ b/chanrestore.go
@@ -83,9 +83,23 @@ func (c *chanDBRestorer) openChannelShell(backup chanbackup.Single) (
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to derive htlc key: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	var chanType channeldb.ChannelType
+	switch backup.Version {
+
+	case chanbackup.DefaultSingleVersion:
+		chanType = channeldb.SingleFunder
+
+	case chanbackup.TweaklessCommitVersion:
+		chanType = channeldb.SingleFunderTweakless
+
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown Single version: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	chanShell := channeldb.ChannelShell{
 		NodeAddrs: backup.Addresses,
 		Chan: &channeldb.OpenChannel{
+			ChanType:                chanType,
 			ChainHash:               backup.ChainHash,
 			IsInitiator:             backup.IsInitiator,
 			Capacity:                backup.Capacity,