diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b0ba19..a5fa158 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,8 +36,11 @@ use cron for this, or write a system service definition for your system supervis
 systemd, OpenRC or runit).
 
 ## Tor
-The leader is fetched over Tor through torify. Make sure Tor is running, or edit the script,
-changing `torify git fetch` into `git fetch`.
+Unless the option `--notor` is used, the leader is fetched over Tor through torify. Make sure Tor
+is running, or pass `--notor` to the script, like so:
+```bash
+./git-mirror.sh ~/git-mirror-my-repo github gitea gitlab
+```
 
 ## Motivation
 GitHub has always been hypocritical, promoting open source while keeping its own stack closed. When
diff --git a/git-mirror.sh b/git-mirror.sh
index cd1160c..234f027 100755
--- a/git-mirror.sh
+++ b/git-mirror.sh
@@ -18,10 +18,16 @@ set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n'
 
 if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
-	echo "Usage: $0 <workdir> <leader> <follower...>"
+	echo "Usage: $0 [--notor] <workdir> <leader> <follower...>"
 	exit 1
 fi
 
+tor=true
+if [[ "$1" == "--notor" ]]; then
+	tor=false
+	shift 1
+fi
+
 cd "$1"
 
 leader="$2"
@@ -33,7 +39,11 @@ echo "Leader remote:     $leader"
 echo "Follower remotes:  ${followers[*]}" | tr '\n' ' '
 echo; echo
 
-torify git fetch --prune --multiple "$leader"
+if [[ $tor == true ]]; then
+	torify git fetch --prune --multiple "$leader"
+else
+	git fetch --prune --multiple "$leader"
+fi
 git fetch --prune --multiple "${followers[@]}"
 echo