diff --git a/bin/basicswap_prepare.py b/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
index ea45c3d..c19e06a 100755
--- a/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
+++ b/bin/basicswap_prepare.py
@@ -385,12 +385,13 @@ def prepareCore(coin, version_pair, settings, data_dir):
 
 def writeTorSettings(fp, coin, coin_settings, tor_control_password):
     onionport = coin_settings['onionport']
+    '''
+    TOR_PROXY_HOST must be an ip address.
+    BTC versions >21 and Particl with lookuptorcontrolhost=any can accept hostnames, XMR and LTC cannot
+    '''
     fp.write(f'proxy={TOR_PROXY_HOST}:{TOR_PROXY_PORT}\n')
-    if coin == 'particl':
-        # TODO: lookuptorcontrolhost is default behaviour in later BTC versions
-        fp.write(f'torpassword={tor_control_password}\n')
-        fp.write(f'torcontrol={TOR_PROXY_HOST}:{TOR_CONTROL_PORT}\n')
-        fp.write('lookuptorcontrolhost=any\n')  # Particl only option
+    fp.write(f'torpassword={tor_control_password}\n')
+    fp.write(f'torcontrol={TOR_PROXY_HOST}:{TOR_CONTROL_PORT}\n')
 
     if coin == 'litecoin':
         fp.write(f'bind=0.0.0.0:{onionport}\n')
@@ -517,9 +518,6 @@ def write_torrc(data_dir, tor_control_password):
     if not os.path.exists(tor_dir):
         os.makedirs(tor_dir)
     torrc_path = os.path.join(tor_dir, 'torrc')
-    if os.path.exists(torrc_path):
-        logger.info(f'torrc file exists at {torrc_path}.')
-        return
 
     tor_control_hash = rfc2440_hash_password(tor_control_password)
     with open(torrc_path, 'w') as fp:
@@ -571,7 +569,7 @@ def modify_tor_config(settings, coin, tor_control_password=None, enable=False):
                 fp.write('proxy-allow-dns-leaks=0\n')
                 fp.write('no-igd=1\n')
 
-        wallet_tor_settings = ('proxy=')
+        wallet_tor_settings = ('proxy=',)
         with open(wallet_conf_path, 'w') as fp:
             with open(wallet_conf_path + '.last') as fp_in:
                 # Disable tor first
diff --git a/doc/tor.md b/doc/tor.md
index 9b7da2f..20780fd 100644
--- a/doc/tor.md
+++ b/doc/tor.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ Basicswap can be configured to route all traffic through a tor proxy.
 basicswap-prepare can be configured to download all binaries through tor and to enable or disable tor in all active coin config files.
 
 
+#### Create initial files
+
+Docker will create directories instead of files if these don't exist.
+
+    touch $COINDATA_PATH/tor/torrc
+
+
 #### For a new install
 
 Note that some download links, notably for Litecoin, are unreachable when using tor.
@@ -17,7 +24,7 @@ If running through docker start the tor container with the following command as
     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 -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=tor --rm swapclient \
+    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
 
 
@@ -27,7 +34,7 @@ Start Basicswap with:
 
 #### Enable tor on an existing datadir
 
-    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=tor --rm swapclient \
+    docker compose -f docker-compose_with_tor.yml run -e TOR_PROXY_HOST=172.16.238.200 --rm swapclient \
             basicswap-prepare --datadir=/coindata --enabletor
 
 #### Disable tor on an existing datadir
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml b/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
index 3bc4daf..e9f454e 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose_with_tor.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ services:
             options:
                 max-size: "10m"
                 max-file: "5"
+        networks:
+          - tor_net
 
     tor:
         image: i_tor
@@ -33,12 +35,17 @@ services:
             options:
                 max-size: "10m"
                 max-file: "5"
+        networks:
+            tor_net:
+                ipv4_address: 172.16.238.200
 
 volumes:
     coindata:
         driver: local
 
 networks:
-    default:
-        external:
-            name: coinswap_network
+    tor_net:
+        ipam:
+            driver: default
+            config:
+                - subnet: "172.16.238.0/24"