From d4dd964069d653a9767fd627315ff53a8e2bc1c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Froman <beardog@mailbox.org>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2020 19:07:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] don't restart tor unless its our own

---
 src/communicatorutils/restarttor.py | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/communicatorutils/restarttor.py b/src/communicatorutils/restarttor.py
index d3d38062..232dd57b 100644
--- a/src/communicatorutils/restarttor.py
+++ b/src/communicatorutils/restarttor.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import netcontroller
+import config
+
 def restart(comm_inst):
-    net = comm_inst.shared_state.get(netcontroller.NetController)
-    net.killTor()
-    net.startTor()
+    if not config.get('tor.use_existing_tor', False):
+        net = comm_inst.shared_state.get(netcontroller.NetController)
+        net.killTor()
+        net.startTor()