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diff --git a/bin/ncp-update b/bin/ncp-update
index c387d515..9245882a 100755
--- a/bin/ncp-update
+++ b/bin/ncp-update
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # update latest NextCloudPi code from github
 
 {
+  [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ] && { printf "Must be run as root. Try 'sudo $0'\n"; exit 1; }
   ping  -W 2 -w 1 -q github.com &>/dev/null || { echo "No internet connectivity"; exit 1; }
   echo -e "Downloading updates"
   rm -rf /tmp/ncp-update-tmp