diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index cc15a1780..4cf58e932 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -548,6 +548,12 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     // Check for -debugnet (deprecated)
     if (GetBoolArg("-debugnet", false))
         InitWarning(_("Warning: Deprecated argument -debugnet ignored, use -debug=net"));
+    // Check for -socks - as this is a privacy risk to continue, exit here
+    if (mapArgs.count("-socks"))
+        return InitError(_("Error: Unsupported argument -socks found. Setting SOCKS version isn't possible anymore, only SOCKS5 proxies are supported."));
+    // Check for -tor - as this is a privacy risk to continue, exit here
+    if (GetBoolArg("-tor", false))
+        return InitError(_("Error: Unsupported argument -tor found, use -onion."));
 
     fBenchmark = GetBoolArg("-benchmark", false);
     mempool.setSanityCheck(GetBoolArg("-checkmempool", RegTest()));