diff --git a/src/freedombone-mesh b/src/freedombone-mesh
index 4c163823..d20ad065 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-mesh
+++ b/src/freedombone-mesh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ PEERS_FILE=/tmp/meshpeers.txt
 TOX_PORT=33445
 TOXCORE_REPO='git://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore.git'
 TOX_BOOTSTRAP_ID_FILE=/var/lib/tox-bootstrapd/pubkey.txt
+QTOX_INI='~/.config/tox/qtox.ini'
 
 # client or server installations sounds odd for a mesh, but this
 # indicates whether this is a dedicated mesh peer ("yes") or
@@ -198,13 +199,18 @@ function run_tox {
         # if this is a valid ID
         if [ ${#PEER_TOX_ID} -gt 30 ]; then
             # start client and make a friend request
-            echo "n
+            if [ -f $QTOX_INI ]; then
+                qtox &
+            else
+
+                echo "n
 /nick $USER
 /add $PEER_TOX_ID
 /exit
 " | $TOXIC_PATH -d
-            # Running twice is a hack to get around buggyness in the client
-            $TOXIC_PATH -d
+                # Running twice is a hack to get around buggyness in the client
+                $TOXIC_PATH -d
+            fi
             exit 0
         else
             # ID was invalid