diff --git a/seednode/install_seednode_debian.sh b/seednode/install_seednode_debian.sh
index d584a0e015..e3eb79798f 100755
--- a/seednode/install_seednode_debian.sh
+++ b/seednode/install_seednode_debian.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ BITCOIN_RPC_PORT=8332
 #BITCOIN_RPC_USER=foo
 #BITCOIN_RPC_PASS=bar
 
-TOR_PKG="tor deb.torproject.org-keyring"
+TOR_PKG="tor"
 TOR_USER=debian-tor
 TOR_GROUP=debian-tor
 TOR_HOME=/etc/tor
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" git config --global advice.detachedHead false
 sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" git clone --branch "${BISQ_REPO_TAG}" "${BISQ_REPO_URL}" "${ROOT_HOME}/${BISQ_REPO_NAME}"
 
 echo "[*] Installing Tor"
-sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" wget -qO- https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org/A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89.asc | gpg --dearmor | tee /usr/share/keyrings/tor-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
-echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tor-archive-keyring.gpg] https://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org focal main" | sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list
 sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -q
 sudo -H -i -u "${ROOT_USER}" DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -qq -y ${TOR_PKG}
 
diff --git a/seednode/torrc b/seednode/torrc
index 5a1dc0d048..4026199b47 100644
--- a/seednode/torrc
+++ b/seednode/torrc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ControlPort 9051
 Log notice syslog
 
 CookieAuthentication 1
+CookieAuthFile /var/lib/tor/control_auth_cookie
 CookieAuthFileGroupReadable 1
 
 DataDirectoryGroupReadable 1
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