diff --git a/blocklist.sh b/blocklist.sh
index 3ed86f9..4a0e472 100755
--- a/blocklist.sh
+++ b/blocklist.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-if [ "$(whoami)" == "root" ]; then echo "root ok"; else echo "run as root!"; exit 1; fi;
+if [ "$(whoami)" != "root" ]; then
+    SUDO=sudo
+fi
+#if [ "$(whoami)" == "root" ]; then echo "root ok"; else echo "run as root!"; exit 1; fi;
 #apt update && apt install -y iptables jq ipset coreutils grep
 IPTABLES_PATH=$(whereis iptables | awk '{print $2}')
 IPSET_PATH=$(whereis ipset | awk '{print $2}')
@@ -26,15 +29,15 @@ installed jq
 installed grep
 
 echo "Downloading the most recent IP list from $BLOCKLISTDE ... and adding them to ipset blocklistde"
-$(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create blocklistde hash:ip
-curl -s https://lists.blocklist.de/lists/all.txt | grep -E -o "(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)" | xargs -L1 $IPSET_PATH add blocklistde 2>&1
+${SUDO} $(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create blocklistde hash:ip
+curl -s https://lists.blocklist.de/lists/all.txt | grep -E -o "(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)" | xargs -L1 ${SUDO} $IPSET_PATH add blocklistde 2>&1
 echo "Downloading the most recent IP list from $CRWALERS ... and adding them to ipset crawler_bots"
-$(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create crawler_bots hash:ip
-curl -s https://isc.sans.edu/api/threatcategory/research?json | jq '.[] | {ipv4}' | grep ':' | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d '"' | xargs -L1 $IPSET_PATH add crawler_bots 2>&1
+${SUDO} $(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create crawler_bots hash:ip
+curl -s https://isc.sans.edu/api/threatcategory/research?json | jq '.[] | {ipv4}' | grep ':' | awk '{ print $2 }' | tr -d '"' | xargs -L1 ${SUDO} $IPSET_PATH add crawler_bots 2>&1
 echo "Downloading the most recent IP list from $ABUSE and adding them to abuseipdb"
-$(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create abuseipdb hash:ip
-curl -G -H "key: $abuse_key" -H "Accept: text/plain" -d confidenceMinimum=90 https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/blacklist | grep -v : | xargs -L1 $IPSET_PATH add abuseipdb 2>&1
+${SUDO} $(whereis ipset | cut -d" " -f 2) create abuseipdb hash:ip
+curl -G -H "key: $abuse_key" -H "Accept: text/plain" -d confidenceMinimum=90 https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/blacklist | grep -v : | xargs -L1 ${SUDO} $IPSET_PATH add abuseipdb 2>&1
 echo "Adding the iptables rules..."
-$IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set crawler_bots src -j DROP
-$IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set blocklistde src -j DROP
-$IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set abuseipdb src -j DROP
+${SUDO} $IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set crawler_bots src -j DROP
+${SUDO} $IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set blocklistde src -j DROP
+${SUDO} $IPTABLES_PATH -I INPUT -m set --match-set abuseipdb src -j DROP