diff --git a/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh b/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
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+++ b/scripts/deployment/haveno-with-external-tor.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+TORHOME="$HOME/.local/share/Haveno/xmr_mainnet/tor"
+tor -f $TORHOME/torrc --ControlPortWriteToFile $TORHOME/.tor/control.port --DisableNetwork 0
+/opt/haveno/bin/Haveno --torControlUseSafeCookieAuth --torControlCookieFile=$TORHOME/.tor/control_auth_cookie --torControlPort=$(cat $TORHOME/.tor/control.port | sed 's/.*:\([0-9]\+\)/\1/')
+kill $(cat $TORHOME/pid)