diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9e85f5a..a0787cc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ tor/tor/
 vendor/
 *.cover.out
 tmp/
+testing/tor/torrc
+testing/tor/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing/tor/torrc b/testing/tor/torrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 459089c..0000000
--- a/testing/tor/torrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-SOCKSPort 9050
-ControlPort 9051
-# "examplehashedpassword" - used for testing
-HashedControlPassword 16:C15305F97789414B601259E3EC5E76B8E55FC56A9F562B713F3D2BA257
diff --git a/tor/torProvider.go b/tor/torProvider.go
index d45effc..8510d8d 100644
--- a/tor/torProvider.go
+++ b/tor/torProvider.go
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ func (l *logWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 type onionListenService struct {
-	lock  sync.Mutex
-	os *tor.OnionService
-	tp *torProvider
+	lock sync.Mutex
+	os   *tor.OnionService
+	tp   *torProvider
 }
 
 type torProvider struct {
diff --git a/tor/torProvider_test.go b/tor/torProvider_test.go
index 7400517..e7104a1 100644
--- a/tor/torProvider_test.go
+++ b/tor/torProvider_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package tor
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"git.openprivacy.ca/openprivacy/log"
-	"path"
+	path "path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ func TestTorProvider(t *testing.T) {
 	progChan := make(chan int)
 	log.SetLevel(log.LevelDebug)
 	torpath := path.Join("..", "tmp/tor")
+
+	NewTorrc().WithControlPort(9051).WithHashedPassword("examplehashedpassword").Build(path.Join("..", "testing", "tor", "torrc"))
+
 	log.Debugf("setting tor path %v", torpath)
 	acn, err := NewTorACNWithAuth(path.Join("../testing/"), torpath, 9051, HashedPasswordAuthenticator{"examplehashedpassword"})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/tor/torUtils_test.go b/tor/torUtils_test.go
index 0416c2a..2e7c60d 100644
--- a/tor/torUtils_test.go
+++ b/tor/torUtils_test.go
@@ -98,3 +98,11 @@ func TestGenerateTorrc(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	os.Remove(path)
 }
+
+func TestPreviewTorrc(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := "SocksPort 9050 OnionTrafficOnly\nControlPort 9061"
+	torrc := NewTorrc().WithCustom([]string{"SocksPort 9050"}).WithControlPort(9061).WithOnionTrafficOnly().Preview()
+	if torrc != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected torrc generated: [%v] [%v]", expected, torrc)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tor/torrcBuilder.go b/tor/torrcBuilder.go
index 1b4ea2f..6937d7c 100644
--- a/tor/torrcBuilder.go
+++ b/tor/torrcBuilder.go
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ func (tb *TorrcBuilder) WithControlPort(port int) *TorrcBuilder {
 	return tb
 }
 
+// WithCustom clobbers the torrc builder and allows the client to set any option they want, while benefiting
+// from other configuration options.
+func (tb *TorrcBuilder) WithCustom(lines []string) *TorrcBuilder {
+	tb.lines = lines
+	return tb
+}
+
 // WithOnionTrafficOnly ensures that the tor process only routes tor onion traffic.
 func (tb *TorrcBuilder) WithOnionTrafficOnly() *TorrcBuilder {
 	for i, line := range tb.lines {
@@ -61,6 +68,11 @@ func (tb *TorrcBuilder) Build(path string) error {
 	return ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(strings.Join(tb.lines, "\n")), 0600)
 }
 
+// Preview provides a string representation of the torrc file without writing it to a file location.
+func (tb *TorrcBuilder) Preview() string {
+	return strings.Join(tb.lines, "\n")
+}
+
 // GenerateHashedPassword calculates a hash in the same way tha tor --hash-password does
 // this function takes a salt as input which is not great from an api-misuse perspective, but
 // we make it private.