rtorrent not able to download torrents from private trackers

Hey,
I have an ASUS AC51U with the latest version of padavan firmware. Yesterday, I installed rtorrent and rutorrent from entware-ng using the rtorrent easy install script.

Torrents from public torrent sites work. However, in case of private torrent websites (Tried 3) I get a tracker error.
The logs are empty.

Also, rtorrent is ignoring the rtorrent.rc file so I am unable to get detailed logs or change any settings.

Any help would be appreciated.