diff --git a/bin/setupWireguard b/bin/setupWireguard
index 6c1da6e..b540916 100755
--- a/bin/setupWireguard
+++ b/bin/setupWireguard
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ keepassdb="$HOME/Nextcloud/passwords/Passwords.kdbx"
 type wg >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf "wireguard is not installed\n" >&2;  exit 1; }
 type keepassxc-cli >/dev/null 2>&1 || { printf "KeepassXC is not installed\n" >&2;  exit 1; }
 
-[[ "$EUID" != 0 ]] && printf "needs to be run as root\n" >&2 && exit 1
 
 printf "Enter password for $keepassdb: "
 read -s password
@@ -14,6 +13,6 @@ networks=$(echo "$password" | keepassxc-cli ls "$keepassdb" /Wireguard/$HOSTNAME
 umask 077
 for network in $networks;do
     echo "configuring /etc/wireguard/${network}.conf"
-    echo "$password" | keepassxc-cli show -q --attributes Notes "$keepassdb" /Wireguard/$HOSTNAME/$network > /etc/wireguard/${network}.conf
+    echo "$password" | keepassxc-cli show -q --attributes Notes "$keepassdb" /Wireguard/$HOSTNAME/$network | sudo tee /etc/wireguard/${network}.conf > /dev/null
 done
 unset password