diff --git a/config/tor/defaults-torrc b/config/tor/defaults-torrc
index 703d821fe..ee8f809d9 100644
--- a/config/tor/defaults-torrc
+++ b/config/tor/defaults-torrc
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 DataDirectory /var/lib/tor
-User nobody
+User tor
 Log notice syslog