diff --git a/connectivity/torProvider.go b/connectivity/torProvider.go
index e8e06b5..01317ee 100644
--- a/connectivity/torProvider.go
+++ b/connectivity/torProvider.go
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ func StartTor(appDirectory string, bundledTorPath string) (ACN, error) {
 
 	// if not, try running system tor
 	if checkCmdlineTorVersion("tor") {
-		t, err := tor.Start(nil, &tor.StartConf{DataDir: dataDir, DebugWriter: nil})
+		t, err := tor.Start(nil, &tor.StartConf{EnableNetwork: true, DataDir: dataDir, DebugWriter: nil})
 		if err == nil {
 			tp.t = t
 			go tp.monitorRestart()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func StartTor(appDirectory string, bundledTorPath string) (ACN, error) {
 	// try running bundledTor
 	if bundledTorPath != "" && checkCmdlineTorVersion(bundledTorPath) {
 		log.Debugln("using bundled tor '" + bundledTorPath + "'")
-		t, err := tor.Start(nil, &tor.StartConf{DataDir: dataDir, ExePath: bundledTorPath, DebugWriter: nil})
+		t, err := tor.Start(nil, &tor.StartConf{EnableNetwork: true, DataDir: dataDir, ExePath: bundledTorPath, DebugWriter: nil})
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Debugf("Error running bundled tor: %v\n", err)
 		}