diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 3a58405..d42a569 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 default:
 	gcc main.c config.c -lcurl -Wall -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/include -ldbus-1 -o systemd-gotify.bin
 install:
-	cp ./systemd-gotify.bin /usr/local/bin/systemd-gotify
+	sudo cp ./systemd-gotify.bin /usr/local/bin/systemd-gotify
 	mkdir $${HOME}/.config/systemd-gotify/
 	cp config $${HOME}/.config/systemd-gotify/config