diff --git a/terminawake b/terminawake
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index a746d1d..2c9467a
--- a/terminawake
+++ b/terminawake
@@ -1,28 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Check if the script is run as root
-# EUID is an environment variable that represents the effective user ID of the current user
-# The root user has an EUID of 0, so we're checking if the EUID is not 0
-# If the script is not run as root, print an error message and exit with a non-zero status code
-if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-  echo "This script must be run with root privileges (sudo)."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 # Function to reenable sleep and exit the script
 # This function is called when the script needs to exit, to ensure that sleep is reenabled before exiting
 function quit {
   # Reenable sleep for battery and AC power modes
-  pmset -b disablesleep 0
-  pmset -c disablesleep 0
-  
+  sudo pmset -b disablesleep 0
+  sudo pmset -c disablesleep 0
+
   # Exit the script
   exit
 }
 
 # Prevent sleep indefinitely for battery and AC power modes
-pmset -b disablesleep 1
-pmset -c disablesleep 1
+sudo pmset -b disablesleep 1
+sudo pmset -c disablesleep 1
 
 # Calculate the total duration in seconds from all arguments
 total_duration_sec=0
@@ -38,7 +29,7 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
     h) duration_sec=$((value * 3600)) ;;
     *) echo "Invalid argument: $arg"; exit 1 ;;  # Exit with error message if invalid argument is provided
   esac
-  
+
   # Add the duration in seconds to the total duration
   total_duration_sec=$((total_duration_sec + duration_sec))
 done
@@ -61,7 +52,7 @@ else
   sleep_pid=$!
   # Remove this job from the shell's active list to avoid getting a termination message
   disown $sleep_pid
-  
+
   # Wait for user to press Enter or for the sleep duration to pass
   # If the user presses Enter before the duration is over, kill the sleep command
   if ! read -t "$total_duration_sec" -r; then