diff --git a/src/freedombone-meshweb b/src/freedombone-meshweb
index 9fed1ab9..e39793e9 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-meshweb
+++ b/src/freedombone-meshweb
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ if [ $existing_bttrack -lt "2" ]; then
     bttrack --port ${TRACKER_PORT} --dfile ~/.bttrack/dstate --logfile ~/.bttrack/tracker.log --nat_check 0 --scrape_allowed full --ipv6_enabled 0 &
 fi
 
+existing_ipfs=$(ps aux | grep ipfs | wc -l)
+if [ $existing_ipfs -lt "2" ]; then
+    ipfs daemon --mount
+fi
+
 ZERONET_INDEX=/home/$MY_USERNAME/mesh.html
 
 cp /etc/crontab /tmp/crontab