diff --git a/install_dotfiles.sh b/install_dotfiles.sh
index 7bfc087..0963012 100755
--- a/install_dotfiles.sh
+++ b/install_dotfiles.sh
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ say_bold "Copying contents of $OS dotfiles to $TARGET_DIR..."
 
 if command -v rsync >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     # Ensure a trailing slash on the source to copy contents *of* the directory
-    rsync -avz "$DOTFILES_SRC_DIR/" "$TARGET_DIR"
+    sudo rsync -avz "$DOTFILES_SRC_DIR/" "$TARGET_DIR"
     say_green "Successfully synchronized dotfiles using rsync."
 else
     # Fallback to cp if rsync is not available
     say_yellow "rsync not found. Falling back to 'cp -r'."
-    cp -r "$DOTFILES_SRC_DIR/." "$TARGET_DIR"
+    sudo cp -r "$DOTFILES_SRC_DIR/." "$TARGET_DIR"
     say_green "Successfully copied dotfiles using cp."
 fi
 
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ say_yellow "First we make a backup of .config"
 say_yellow "Wait for it ...."
 say_yellow "########################################################################"
 
-cp -Rf ~/.config ~/.config-backup-$(date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S)
-cp -arf /etc/skel/. ~
+sudo cp -Rf ~/.config ~/.config-backup-$(date +%Y.%m.%d-%H.%M.%S)
+sudo cp -arf /etc/skel/. ~
 
 say_yellow "##############################################################"
 say_yellow "###################  $(basename $0) done"