diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 24dae62e..9536eef1 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ function mesh_tox_client {
 	fi
 	duration=$SECONDS
 	echo $"Toxic client compile $(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed."
+
+	# create a tox user
+	toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
 }
 
 function enable_tox_repo {