diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dfi.bash b/.gitea/workflows/dfi.bash
index ecb8a0e..1ec90b6 100755
--- a/.gitea/workflows/dfi.bash
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dfi.bash
@@ -219,24 +219,10 @@ function client::finance::plugins::__tor()
   [ -z "$_plugins" ] && exit 1
 
   client::finance::up
-  local -r _congrats="| grep Congratulations"
-
-  # start
-  local _tries=0
-  while [ $_tries -lt 3 ]; do
-    "${ci_shell[@]}" "$_plugins repo/tor.bash start" $_congrats
-    [ $? -eq 0 ] && break || ((_tries++))
+  local -r _tor=("start" "restart" "stop")
+  for _arg in "${_tor[@]}"; do
+    "${ci_shell[@]}" "$_plugins repo/tor.bash $_arg"
   done
-
-  # restart
-  local _tries=0
-  while [ $_tries -lt 3 ]; do
-    "${ci_shell[@]}" "$_plugins repo/tor.bash restart" $_congrats
-    [ $? -eq 0 ] && break || ((_tries++))
-  done
-
-  # stop
-  "${ci_shell[@]}" "$_plugins repo/tor.bash stop"
   client::finance::down
 }
 
diff --git a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
index b2c4645..d272ecf 100755
--- a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
+++ b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ function tor::start()
 
   # NOTE: proxychains.conf's [ProxyList] won't allow hostnames (or Docker network container name).
   # So, to avoid conflicting IP address spaces, docker-finance will not hardcode address space.
-  # Ergo, a already-running container will be needed (sorry, lib_docker::run())
-  if ! docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$global_container" &>/dev/null; then
-    lib_utils::die_fatal "docker-finance not running! Bring \`up\` container and try again."
-  fi
+  # Ergo, an already-running container will be needed (sorry, lib_docker::run())
+  lib_docker::exec "" \
+    || lib_utils::die_fatal "docker-finance not running! Bring \`up\` a \`dfi\` instance and try again."
 
   local -r _torrc="/etc/tor/torrc"
 
-  if docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$tor_container" &>/dev/null; then
+  if [[ $(docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$tor_container" 2>/dev/null) == "true" ]]; then
     lib_utils::print_error "${tor_container}: instance already running (consider \`restart\`)"
     return 1
   else
+    docker pull alpine:latest || lib_utils::die_fatal
     docker run -it --rm --detach \
       --network "$global_network" \
       --name="${tor_container}" \
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function tor::start()
   lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: container IP '${_ip}'"
 
   # Need to wait for a working installation
-  lib_utils::print_warning "${tor_container}: waiting for Tor installation"
+  lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: waiting for Tor installation"
   while ! docker exec "$tor_container" /bin/sh -c 'apk info -e tor' 1>/dev/null; do
     sleep 1s
   done && lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: Tor installation ready"
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ function tor::start()
   lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: restarting Tor with updated ${_torrc}"
   docker exec "$tor_container" /bin/sh -c "pkill -HUP tor" || lib_utils::die_fatal
 
-  # Set docker-finance's proxychains to point to Tor instance
+  # Set `dfi`'s proxychains instance to point to Tor instance
   local -r _proxychains="/etc/proxychains.conf"
   lib_utils::print_info "${global_container}: updating $_proxychains"
   docker exec --user root "$global_container" \
-    /bin/bash -i -c "
+    /bin/bash -c "
       sed -i \
         -e 's:^#quiet_mode:quiet_mode:' \
         -e 's:^# localnet 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0:localnet 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0:' \
@@ -100,14 +100,27 @@ function tor::start()
 
   # Test Tor connection
   local -r _sleep="30s"
-  lib_utils::print_warning "${global_container}: testing connection (bootstrapping ~${_sleep})"
+  lib_utils::print_info "${global_container}: testing connection (bootstrapping ~${_sleep})"
   sleep "$_sleep" # Give time to bootstrap
-  # TODO: run timer to verify response (and fail if N times if no response)
-  docker exec "$global_container" \
-    /bin/bash -i -c "
-      proxychains curl -s https://check.torproject.org 2>/dev/null \
-      | grep -B3 'Your IP address appears to be' \
-      | sed -e 's/^      //g' -e '\$ s/[^\\.0-9]//g' -e '/^\$/d' -e '2,3d'" || lib_utils::die_fatal
+
+  local _tries=1
+  while [ $_tries -ne 3 ]; do
+    lib_docker::exec "proxychains curl -s https://check.torproject.org 2>/dev/null \
+        | grep -B3 'Your IP address appears to be' \
+        | sed -e 's/^      //g' -e '\$ s/[^\\.0-9]//g' -e '/^\$/d' -e '2,3d' \
+        | grep -A2 --color=never Congratulations || exit 1 2>/dev/null" 2>/dev/null
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      lib_utils::print_warning "Could not bootstrap, trying again (${_tries}/3)"
+      docker exec "$tor_container" /bin/sh -c "pkill -HUP tor" || lib_utils::die_fatal
+      sleep "$_sleep"
+      ((_tries++))
+    else
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ $_tries -eq 3 ]; then
+    lib_utils::die_fatal "Could not successfully bootstrap! \`restart\` this instance"
+  fi
 }
 
 function tor::stop()
@@ -116,8 +129,8 @@ function tor::stop()
     lib_utils::print_error "${tor_container}: container not running"
     return 1
   fi
-  lib_utils::print_warning "${tor_container}: stopping container"
-  docker container stop "$tor_container" &>/dev/null \
+  lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: stopping container"
+  docker container stop -t 3 "$tor_container" &>/dev/null \
     && lib_utils::print_info "${tor_container}: container stopped"
 }