diff --git a/plugins/tgbot/startup/tgbot.py b/plugins/tgbot/startup/tgbot.py
index 1851f2213..907ea84ec 100644
--- a/plugins/tgbot/startup/tgbot.py
+++ b/plugins/tgbot/startup/tgbot.py
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ def writeConf(data):
 
 # start tgbot
 cfg = getConfigData()
+while True:
+    cfg = getConfigData()
+    if 'bot' in cfg and 'app_token' in cfg['bot']:
+        if cfg['bot']['app_token'] != '' and cfg['bot']['app_token'] != 'app_token':
+            break
+    time.sleep(3)
+
 bot = telebot.TeleBot(cfg['bot']['app_token'])