diff --git a/tor/torProvider.go b/tor/torProvider.go
index 14de1f5..c7e398f 100644
--- a/tor/torProvider.go
+++ b/tor/torProvider.go
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func createFromExisting(controlport *control.Conn, datadir string) *tor.Tor {
 		Control:              controlport,
 		ProcessCancelFunc:    nil,
 		DataDir:              datadir,
-		DeleteDataDirOnClose: true,
+		DeleteDataDirOnClose: false,
 		DebugWriter:          nil,
 		StopProcessOnClose:   false,
 		GeoIPCreatedFile:     "",