diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 0417af0c..2de07c12 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ function remove_user_tox {
     fi
 }
 
+function add_user_tox {
+    new_username="$1"
+    new_user_password="$2"
+
+    USER_TOX_FILE=/home/${new_username}/.config/tox/data.tox
+    if [ ! -f $USER_TOX_FILE ]; then
+        mkdir -p /home/${new_username}/.config/tox
+        chown -R ${new_username}:${new_username} /home/${new_username}/.config
+        su -c "toxid -u ${new_username} -n data" - $new_username
+        su -c "toxid --setuser ${new_username}" - $new_username
+    fi
+}
+
 function run_client_tox {
     # create a tox user
     USER_TOX_FILE=/home/${USER}/.config/tox/data.tox