diff --git a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
index b2c4645..71339e3 100755
--- a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
+++ b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
@@ -44,10 +44,9 @@ 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"