diff --git a/swap/src/cli/tor.rs b/swap/src/cli/tor.rs
index 598d98ec4..bac1f2074 100644
--- a/swap/src/cli/tor.rs
+++ b/swap/src/cli/tor.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,12 @@ pub async fn init_tor_client(
     // Start the Arti client, and let it bootstrap a connection to the Tor network.
     // (This takes a while to gather the necessary directory information.
     // It uses cached information when possible.)
-    let tor_client = TorClient::<TokioRustlsRuntime>::create_bootstrapped(config).await?;
+    let runtime = TokioRustlsRuntime::current().expect("We are always running with tokio");
+
+    let tor_client = TorClient::with_runtime(runtime)
+        .config(config)
+        .create_bootstrapped()
+        .await?;
 
     Ok(Arc::new(tor_client))
 }