diff --git a/minode/manager.py b/minode/manager.py
index 43766ad..2ec1dab 100644
--- a/minode/manager.py
+++ b/minode/manager.py
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class Manager(threading.Thread):
 
     @staticmethod
     def publish_onion_peer():
-        if shared.tor:
+        if shared.onion_hostname:
             logging.info('Publishing our onion peer')
             obj = structure.OnionPeer(
                 shared.onion_hostname, shared.listening_port).to_object()