diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index e4d0a06b..2c234b7b 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -9266,6 +9266,7 @@ function install_search_engine {
 
     # an unprivileged user to run as
     useradd -d ${SEARCH_ENGINE_PATH}/searx/ -s /bin/false searx
+    adduser searx debian-tor
 
     # daemon
     echo '[Unit]' > /etc/systemd/system/searx.service
diff --git a/src/freedombone-backup-local b/src/freedombone-backup-local
index 1b00cc98..b77c74b6 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-backup-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-backup-local
@@ -451,6 +451,10 @@ function backup_configuration {
     if [ -f $BACKUP_EXTRA_DIRECTORIES ]; then
         cp -f $BACKUP_EXTRA_DIRECTORIES /root/tempbackupconfig
     fi
+    # nginx password hashes
+    if [ -f /etc/nginx/.htpasswd ]; then
+        cp -f /etc/nginx/.htpasswd /root/tempbackupconfig/htpasswd
+    fi
     backup_directory_to_usb /root/tempbackupconfig config
 }
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-backup-remote b/src/freedombone-backup-remote
index 23f0e2ba..a66235ab 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-backup-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-backup-remote
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ function backup_configuration {
     if [ -f $BACKUP_EXTRA_DIRECTORIES ]; then
         cp -f $BACKUP_EXTRA_DIRECTORIES /root/tempbackupconfig
     fi
+    # nginx password hashes
+    if [ -f /etc/nginx/.htpasswd ]; then
+        cp -f /etc/nginx/.htpasswd /root/tempbackupconfig/htpasswd
+    fi
     backup_directory_to_friend /root/tempbackupconfig config
 }
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-local b/src/freedombone-restore-local
index 2e3cfc0e..4b1f92f3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-local
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ function restore_configuration {
             fi
         fi
 
+        # restore nginx password hashes
+        if [ -f /root/tempconfig/root/htpasswd ]; then
+            cp -f /root/tempconfig/root/htpasswd /etc/nginx/.htpasswd
+        fi
+
         rm -rf /root/tempconfig
     fi
 }
diff --git a/src/freedombone-restore-remote b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
index 66d6877f..79bd47fb 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-restore-remote
+++ b/src/freedombone-restore-remote
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ function restore_configuration {
             fi
         fi
 
+        # restore nginx password hashes
+        if [ -f /root/tempconfig/root/htpasswd ]; then
+            cp -f /root/tempconfig/root/htpasswd /etc/nginx/.htpasswd
+        fi
+
         rm -rf /root/tempconfig
     fi
 }