diff --git a/aliases b/aliases
index 8199b381..88bd8b3b 100644
--- a/aliases
+++ b/aliases
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ alias {mnb,nb-m}="cd ~/.config/newsboat && /usr/bin/cp $HOME/.config/newsboat/my
 alias {ynb,nb-y}="/usr/bin/cp $HOME/.config/newsboat/yt_urls $HOME/.config/newsboat/urls && newsboat"
 alias {rnb,nb-r}="cd ~/.config/newsboat && /usr/bin/cp $HOME/.config/newsboat/reddit_urls $HOME/.config/newsboat/urls && newsboat"
 alias {tootnb,mastnb}="cd ~/.config/newsboat && /usr/bin/cp $HOME/.config/newsboat/mastodon_urls $HOME/.config/newsboat/urls && newsboat"
-alias rt="rtorrent"
 alias rt-rs="doas rm -r watch session && mkdir watch session"
 alias slink="streamlink"
 alias {epub,fbreader}="gobble FBReader"
diff --git a/scripts/rt b/scripts/rt
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d3c93d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if pgrep -x "openvpn" >/dev/null; then
+    IPV4=$(ip addr show dev tun0 | grep inet | awk '{print $2}' | cut -d/ -f1 | head -n 1)
+    /usr/bin/rtorrent -b "$IPV4"
+else
+    echo "openvpn is not running. please start your VPN first."
+fi