diff --git a/cashu/tor/tor.py b/cashu/tor/tor.py
index a4ba124..4d810fc 100755
--- a/cashu/tor/tor.py
+++ b/cashu/tor/tor.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ class TorProxy:
             logger.debug("Starting")
             self.run_daemon()
 
-    def check_platform(self):
+    @classmethod
+    def check_platform(cls):
         if platform.system() == "Linux":
             if platform.machine() != "x86_64":
                 return False
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ class TorProxy:
                 print(".", end="", flush=True)
             if "Bootstrapped 100%" in str(line):
                 if verbose:
-                    print("done.", flush=True)
+                    print("done", flush=True)
                 break
         # tor is ready
         self.startup_finished = True
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/cli.py b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
index bfbffae..cb0285c 100755
--- a/cashu/wallet/cli.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/cli.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from cashu.core.settings import (
     TOR,
     VERSION,
 )
+from cashu.tor.tor import TorProxy
 from cashu.wallet import migrations
 from cashu.wallet.crud import (
     get_lightning_invoices,
@@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ def cli(ctx, host: str, walletname: str):
     ctx.obj["HOST"] = host
     ctx.obj["WALLET_NAME"] = walletname
     wallet = Wallet(ctx.obj["HOST"], os.path.join(CASHU_DIR, walletname))
+
+    if TOR and not TorProxy().check_platform():
+        print(
+            "WARNING: Your settings say TOR=true but the built-in Tor bundle is not supported on your system. Your IP will be visible to the mint! Please install Tor manually and set TOR=false and SOCKS_HOST=localhost and SOCKS_PORT=9050 in your Cashu config (recommended) or turn off Tor altogether by setting TOR=false (not recommended)."
+        )
+        print("")
+
     ctx.obj["WALLET"] = wallet
     asyncio.run(init_wallet(wallet))
     pass
diff --git a/cashu/wallet/wallet.py b/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
index 28ef712..a7ce6ab 100644
--- a/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
+++ b/cashu/wallet/wallet.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from cashu.wallet.crud import (
 class LedgerAPI:
     keys: Dict[int, str]
     keyset: str
+    tor: TorProxy
 
     def __init__(self, url):
         self.url = url
@@ -63,15 +64,10 @@ class LedgerAPI:
         s = requests.Session()
         s.headers.update({"Client-version": VERSION})
         socks_host, socks_port = None, None
-        if TOR:
-            tor = TorProxy(keep_alive=True)
-            if not tor.check_platform():
-                print(
-                    "WARNING: The built-in Tor bundle is not supported on your System. Please install Tor and set the SOCKS_HOST and SOCKS_PORT variables in your Cashu configuration .env file (recommended) or turn off tor by setting TOR=false (not recommended)."
-                )
-            else:
-                tor.wait_until_startup(verbose=True)
-                socks_host, socks_port = "localhost", 9050
+        if TOR and TorProxy().check_platform():
+            self.tor = TorProxy(keep_alive=True)
+            self.tor.wait_until_startup(verbose=True)
+            socks_host, socks_port = "localhost", 9050
         else:
             socks_host, socks_port = SOCKS_HOST, SOCKS_PORT