diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
index 0a853c4d..8ced2f1a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-xmpp
@@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ function remove_xmpp {
 
     function_check remove_onion_service
     remove_onion_service xmpp 5222 5223 5269
+    sed -i '/HiddenServiceVersion 2/d' /etc/tor/torrc
 
     apt-get -yq remove --purge prosody
     rm /etc/cron.daily/prosody
@@ -1029,6 +1030,7 @@ function install_xmpp {
     fi
     if ! grep -q "hidden_service_xmpp" /etc/tor/torrc; then
         echo 'HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service_xmpp/' >> /etc/tor/torrc
+        echo 'HiddenServiceVersion 2' >> /etc/tor/torrc
         echo "HiddenServicePort 5222 127.0.0.1:5222" >> /etc/tor/torrc
         echo "HiddenServicePort 5269 127.0.0.1:5269" >> /etc/tor/torrc
         echo $'Added onion site for xmpp chat'