diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index ccf6ff523..707b624b6 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
 	//fprintf(stderr,"%s tik18\n", __FUNCTION__);
 
     // Disable clearnet peers if -clearnet=0
-    if (mapArgs.count("-clearnet") && mapArgs["-clearnet"] == 0) {
+    if (!GetBoolArg("-clearnet", DEFAULT_CLEARNET)) {
         SoftSetBoolArg("-disableipv4", true);
         SoftSetBoolArg("-disableipv6", true);
         SoftSetArg("-onlynet", "onion");