diff --git a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/.env b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/.env
index 6bd7ded600..ca52283a84 100644
--- a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/.env
+++ b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/.env
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # java memory and remote management options
 JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Xms4096M -Xmx4096M -XX:+ExitOnOutOfMemoryError
 
-# use external tor (change to -1 for internal tor binary)
-BISQ_EXTERNAL_TOR_PORT=9051
-
 # bitcoin p2p settings
 BITCOIN_P2P_HOST=127.0.0.1
 BITCOIN_P2P_PORT=8333
diff --git a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/docker-compose.yml b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 06f5b4dee4..3adac81c33 100644
--- a/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/seednode/deployment_v2/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,18 +20,17 @@ services:
             - --rpcPassword=${BITCOIN_RPC_PASS}
             - --dumpBlockchainData=${BISQ_DUMP_BLOCKCHAIN}
             - --dumpStatistics=${BISQ_DUMP_STATISTICS}
-            - --torControlPort=${BISQ_EXTERNAL_TOR_PORT}
+            - --torControlHost=bisq-tor
+            - --torControlPort=9051
+            - --torControlPassword=bisq
 
     bisq-tor:
         image: bisq/tor:latest
         command: [ "--allow-missing-torrc",
-                   "--RunAsDaemon", "1",
-                   "--SOCKSPort", "9050",
-                   "--ControlPort", "9051",
+                   "--SOCKSPort", "0.0.0.0:9050",
+                   "--ControlPort", "0.0.0.0:9051",
+                   "--HashedControlPassword", "16:ED08CEBE4E91EA126089506E2880119E20A39054754D3916EAFF774046", # password: bisq
                    "--Log", "notice syslog",
-                   "--CookieAuthentication", "0",
-                   "--CookieAuthFileGroupReadable", "1",
-                   "--DataDirectoryGroupReadable", "1",
                    "--SafeSocks", "0",
                    "--HiddenServiceStatistics", "0",
                    "--AvoidDiskWrites", "1" ]