diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
index 2066911ada352c55addbef2369eab99ecd8f93f7..d5ca354c59b24efef46a00da5d8f7732a097c7e6 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ public class TunnelController implements Logging {
             }
             // same default logic as in EditBean.getSigType()
             if (!isClient(type) ||
-                ((type.equals(TYPE_IRC_CLIENT) || type.equals(TYPE_STD_CLIENT) ||
-                  type.equals(TYPE_SOCKS_IRC) || type.equals(TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT))
-                 && !Boolean.valueOf(getSharedClient()))) {
+                type.equals(TYPE_IRC_CLIENT) || type.equals(TYPE_STD_CLIENT) ||
+                type.equals(TYPE_SOCKS_IRC) || type.equals(TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT) ||
+                (type.equals(TYPE_HTTP_CLIENT) && Boolean.valueOf(getSharedClient()))) {
                 if (!_config.containsKey(OPT_SIG_TYPE))
                     _config.setProperty(OPT_SIG_TYPE, PREFERRED_SIGTYPE.name());
             }
diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java
index 2073efdf2357f2864a8e05e0d1576d3cc7aa1115..0cc4e52788b19ebd8dd4950ef382996d572718be 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java
@@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ public class GeneralHelper {
         }
         if (type == null) {
             // same default logic as in TunnelController.setConfig()
-            if ((!TunnelController.isClient(ttype) ||
-                ((TunnelController.TYPE_IRC_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
-                  TunnelController.TYPE_SOCKS_IRC.equals(ttype) ||
-                  TunnelController.TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
-                  TunnelController.TYPE_STD_CLIENT.equals(ttype)) &&
-                 !isShared)))
+            if (!TunnelController.isClient(ttype) ||
+                TunnelController.TYPE_IRC_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
+                TunnelController.TYPE_SOCKS_IRC.equals(ttype) ||
+                TunnelController.TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
+                TunnelController.TYPE_STD_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
+                (TunnelController.TYPE_HTTP_CLIENT.equals(ttype) && isShared))
                 type = TunnelController.PREFERRED_SIGTYPE;
             else
                 type = SigType.DSA_SHA1;