diff --git a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
index 71339e3..643c1a7 100755
--- a/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
+++ b/client/plugins/docker/tor.bash
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function tor::start()
 
   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