diff --git a/src/renderer/pages/create-torrent-page.js b/src/renderer/pages/create-torrent-page.js
index 13d14d94..fe532a59 100644
--- a/src/renderer/pages/create-torrent-page.js
+++ b/src/renderer/pages/create-torrent-page.js
@@ -191,9 +191,14 @@ function handleSubmit () {
     path: this.state.basePath,
     files: this.state.files,
     announce: announceList,
-    private: this.state.isPrivate,
     comment: this.state.comment.trim()
   }
+
+  // If torrent is not private, leave private flag unset. This ensures that
+  // the torrent info hash will match the result generated by other tools,
+  // including webtorrent-cli.
+  if (this.state.isPrivate) options.private = true
+
   dispatch('createTorrent', options)
 }