diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 37902ae..0c32449 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class NixInstallerAction {
     async setup_kvm() {
         const current_user = (0,node_os__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_8__.userInfo)();
         const is_root = current_user.uid === 0;
-        const maybe_sudo = is_root ? "sudo" : "";
+        const maybe_sudo = is_root ? "" : "sudo";
         const kvm_rules = "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-determinate-nix-installer-kvm.rules";
         try {
             const write_file_exit_code = await _actions_exec__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_3__.exec("sh", [
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 443b6d6..1850f3f 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ class NixInstallerAction {
   private async setup_kvm(): Promise<boolean> {
     const current_user = userInfo();
     const is_root = current_user.uid === 0;
-    const maybe_sudo = is_root ? "sudo" : "";
+    const maybe_sudo = is_root ? "" : "sudo";
 
     const kvm_rules =
       "/etc/udev/rules.d/99-determinate-nix-installer-kvm.rules";