diff --git a/src/freedombone-client b/src/freedombone-client
index 825ade73..ed8bdf37 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-client
+++ b/src/freedombone-client
@@ -162,25 +162,34 @@ function configure_ssh_client {
     if [ ! -d ~/.ssh ]; then
         mkdir ~/.ssh
     fi
-    echo 'Host *.onion' > ~/.ssh/config
-    echo '  ServerAliveInterval 60' >> ~/.ssh/config
-    echo '  ServerAliveCountMax 3' >> ~/.ssh/config
-
+    if [ ! -f ~/.ssh/config ]; then
+        touch ~/.ssh/config
+    fi
     proxycmd="connect -R remote -5 -S 127.0.0.1:9050 %h %p"
     if [ -f /usr/bin/pacman ]; then
         proxycmd="/usr/bin/nc -X 5 -x 127.0.0.1:9050 %h %p"
     fi
+    if ! grep -q "# ${PROJECT_NAME} settings" ~/.ssh/config; then
+        if ! grep -q "Host *.onion" ~/.ssh/config; then
+            echo "# ${PROJECT_NAME} settings start" >> ~/.ssh/config
+            echo 'Host *.onion' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            echo '  ServerAliveInterval 60' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            echo '  ServerAliveCountMax 3' >> ~/.ssh/config
 
-    if [[ $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'yes' || $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'y' ]]; then
-        echo "  ProxyCommand sh -c 'monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand --no-connect %h %p ; $proxycmd'" >> ~/.ssh/config
-    else
-        echo "  ProxyCommand $proxycmd" >> ~/.ssh/config
-    fi
-    echo 'Host *' >> ~/.ssh/config
-    echo '  ServerAliveInterval 60' >> ~/.ssh/config
-    echo '  ServerAliveCountMax 3' >> ~/.ssh/config
-    if [[ $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'yes' || $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'y' ]]; then
-        echo '  ProxyCommand monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand %h %p' >> ~/.ssh/config
+
+            if [[ $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'yes' || $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'y' ]]; then
+                echo "  ProxyCommand sh -c 'monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand --no-connect %h %p ; $proxycmd'" >> ~/.ssh/config
+            else
+                echo "  ProxyCommand $proxycmd" >> ~/.ssh/config
+            fi
+            echo 'Host *' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            echo '  ServerAliveInterval 60' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            echo '  ServerAliveCountMax 3' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            if [[ $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'yes' || $ENABLE_MONKEYSPHERE == $'y' ]]; then
+                echo '  ProxyCommand monkeysphere ssh-proxycommand %h %p' >> ~/.ssh/config
+            fi
+            echo "# ${PROJECT_NAME} settings end" >> ~/.ssh/config
+        fi
     fi
 
     echo ''