diff --git a/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh b/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
index 70cf03cee9..d29fb70214 100644
--- a/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
+++ b/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 HAVENOHOME=$(find $HOME/.local/share -type d -name Haveno*)
 TORHOME="$HAVENOHOME/xmr_mainnet/tor"
-tor -f $TORHOME/torrc --ControlPortWriteToFile $TORHOME/.tor/control.port --DisableNetwork 0
+tor -f $TORHOME/torrc --ControlPortWriteToFile $TORHOME/.tor/control.port --DisableNetwork 0 --RunAsDaemon 1
 /opt/haveno/bin/Haveno --torControlUseSafeCookieAuth --torControlCookieFile=$TORHOME/.tor/control_auth_cookie --torControlPort=$(cat $TORHOME/.tor/control.port | sed 's/.*:\([0-9]\+\)/\1/')
 kill $(cat $TORHOME/pid)