diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 5dd2c8c..cbe446c 100644
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ sudo usermod -a -G ffsync www-data
 #enable services
 sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/ffsync
 sudo update-rc.d ffsync defaults
-$final_path/local/bin/gunicorn_paster $final_path/syncserver.ini --access-logfile /var/log/ffsync.log --daemon -p /tmp/sync.pid
+sudo $final_path/local/bin/gunicorn_paster $final_path/syncserver.ini --access-logfile /var/log/ffsync.log --daemon -p /tmp/sync.pid
 sudo service ffsync restart
 
 # Reload Nginx and regenerate SSOwat conf