diff --git a/bin/basicswap_prepare.py b/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
index 10111d3..e0a01ce 100755
--- a/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
+++ b/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ def modify_tor_config(settings, coin, tor_control_password=None, enable=False):
             if enable:
                 if not coin_settings['manage_daemon']:
                     fp.write(f'proxy={TOR_PROXY_HOST}:{TOR_PROXY_PORT}\n')
-                    fp.write(f'daemon-ssl-allow-any-cert=1\n')
+                    fp.write('daemon-ssl-allow-any-cert=1\n')
         return
 
     config_path = os.path.join(data_dir, coin + '.conf')
diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md
index bbba3c8..7ea28cd 100644
--- a/doc/tor.md
+++ b/doc/tor.md
@@ -16,40 +16,49 @@ basicswap-prepare can be configured to download all binaries through tor and to
 Docker will create directories instead of files if these don't exist.
 
     mkdir -p $COINDATA_PATH/tor
-    touch $COINDATA_PATH/tor/torrc
+    echo 'SocksPort 0.0.0.0:9050' > $COINDATA_PATH/tor/torrc
 
 
 #### For a new install
 
+Use the `--usetorproxy` argument to download the coin binaries over tor, then enable tor with `--enabletor`.
 Note that some download links, notably for Litecoin, are unreachable when using tor.
 
-If running through docker start the tor container with the following command as the torrc configuration file won't exist yet.
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
+        basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --withcoins=monero,particl
 
-    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --name tor --rm tor \
-            tor --allow-missing-torrc --SocksPort 0.0.0.0:9050
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
+        basicswap-prepare --enabletor --datadir=/coindata
 
-    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=172.16.238.200 --rm swapclient \
-            basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --withcoins=monero,particl
+
+The `--enabletor` option will add config to the torrc file, the tor container must afterwards be stopped to load the new config:
+
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop
 
 
 Start Basicswap with:
 
     docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml up
 
+
 #### Enable tor on an existing datadir
 
-    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=172.16.238.200 --rm swapclient \
-            basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --enabletor
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
+        basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --enabletor
+
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop
 
 #### Disable tor on an existing datadir
 
     docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
-            basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --disabletor
+        basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --disabletor
+
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop
 
 
 #### Update coin release
 
     docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml up -d tor
-    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=172.16.238.200 --rm swapclient \
-            basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --preparebinonly --withcoins=bitcoin
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run --rm swapclient \
+        basicswap-prepare --usetorproxy --datadir=/coindata --preparebinonly --withcoins=bitcoin
     docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml stop
diff --git a/docker/.env b/docker/.env
index 8450428..2f40959 100644
--- a/docker/.env
+++ b/docker/.env
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 HTML_PORT=127.0.0.1:12700:12700
 WS_PORT=127.0.0.1:11700:11700
 #COINDATA_PATH=/var/data/coinswaps
+TOR_PROXY_HOST=172.16.238.200
 TZ=UTC
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml b/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
index eba598c..f4add1a 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ services:
         image: i_swapclient
         container_name: swapclient
         stop_grace_period: 5m
+        depends_on:
+            - tor
         build:
             context: ../
         volumes: