diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-tox b/src/freedombone-app-tox
index 353a4c02..09327155 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-tox
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-tox
@@ -593,9 +593,16 @@ function mesh_tox_client {
 	echo $"Toxic client compile $(($duration / 60)) minutes and $(($duration % 60)) seconds elapsed."
 
 	# create a tox user
-	if [ ! -f /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
-		toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
-		chown -R ${MY_USERNAME}:${MY_USERNAME} /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config
+	if [ ${rootdir} ]; then
+		if [ ! -f ${rootdir}/home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
+			chroot ${rootdir} toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
+			chroot ${rootdir} chown -R ${MY_USERNAME}:${MY_USERNAME} /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config
+		fi
+	else
+		if [ ! -f /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config/tox/data.tox ]; then
+			toxid -u $MY_USERNAME -n data
+			chown -R ${MY_USERNAME}:${MY_USERNAME} /home/${MY_USERNAME}/.config
+		fi
 	fi
 }