diff --git a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
index 9b91a1d226dd02bfad912252a63e1ca9935a404e..34d5c4ad9f92fa2e9ca9f7d90d9956760b315aaf 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/TunnelController.java
@@ -863,10 +863,10 @@ public class TunnelController implements Logging {
                 if (!_config.containsKey(OPT_LOW_TAGS))
                     _config.setProperty(OPT_LOW_TAGS, "14");
             }
-            // same default logic as in EditBean.getSigType()
+            // same default logic as in EditBean.getSigType() and GeneralHelper.getSigType()
             if (!isClient(type) ||
                 type.equals(TYPE_IRC_CLIENT) || type.equals(TYPE_STD_CLIENT) ||
-                type.equals(TYPE_SOCKS) ||
+                type.equals(TYPE_SOCKS) || type.equals(TYPE_CONNECT) ||
                 type.equals(TYPE_SOCKS_IRC) || type.equals(TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT) ||
                 type.equals(TYPE_HTTP_CLIENT)) {
                 if (!_config.containsKey(OPT_SIG_TYPE))
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 79f9a73ba872f760bc6ddd124dbfb2b444c301b2..627d81d71c23a81859f654f92945890dc1d52cf3 100644
--- a/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java
+++ b/apps/i2ptunnel/java/src/net/i2p/i2ptunnel/ui/GeneralHelper.java
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ public class GeneralHelper {
                 TunnelController.TYPE_SOCKS.equals(ttype) ||
                 TunnelController.TYPE_STREAMR_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
                 TunnelController.TYPE_STD_CLIENT.equals(ttype) ||
+                TunnelController.TYPE_CONNECT.equals(ttype) ||
                 TunnelController.TYPE_HTTP_CLIENT.equals(ttype))
                 type = TunnelController.PREFERRED_SIGTYPE;
             else