diff --git a/build-linux.sh b/build-linux.sh
index d71d6ef..f53256c 100755
--- a/build-linux.sh
+++ b/build-linux.sh
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ render_plugin_json() {
         echo "ERROR: $in not found" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
-    sed "s|@ENTRYPOINT@|$entrypoint|g" "$in" > "$out"
+	sed "s|@ENTRYPOINT@|$entrypoint|g" "$in" | sudo tee "$out" > /dev/null
 }
 
 STAGE="$ROOT/build/bin/com.jesshunter.layers"
 APPDIR="$STAGE/bin"
 
-rm -rf "$STAGE"
-mkdir -p "$APPDIR" "$STAGE/resources"
+sudo rm -rf "$STAGE"
+sudo mkdir -p "$APPDIR" "$STAGE/resources"
 
-if command -v rsvg-convert >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f "$ROOT/resources/Layers.svg" ]; then
+if command -v sudo rsvg-convert >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f "$ROOT/resources/Layers.svg" ]; then
     for size in 24 48 128 256; do
         if [ ! -f "$ROOT/resources/icon-${size}.png" ]; then
-            rsvg-convert --width "$size" --height "$size" \
+            sudo rsvg-convert --width "$size" --height "$size" \
                 "$ROOT/resources/Layers.svg" -o "$ROOT/resources/icon-${size}.png"
         fi
     done
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ fi
 
 cargo build --release --bin layers
 
-cp "$ROOT/target/release/layers" "$APPDIR/Layers"
-chmod +x "$APPDIR/Layers"
+sudo cp "$ROOT/target/release/layers" "$APPDIR/Layers"
+sudo chmod +x "$APPDIR/Layers"
 render_plugin_json "bin/Layers" "$STAGE/plugin.json"
-[ -f "$ROOT/LICENCE" ] && cp "$ROOT/LICENCE" "$STAGE/LICENCE"
-cp -r "$ROOT/resources/." "$STAGE/resources/"
+[ -f "$ROOT/LICENCE" ] && sudo cp "$ROOT/LICENCE" "$STAGE/LICENCE"
+sudo cp -r "$ROOT/resources/." "$STAGE/resources/"
 
 echo "staged: $STAGE"
 echo "bin:    $APPDIR/Layers"