diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index f595e96f58f681b8a82f10f3632db402dc87199d..0759c146160324d7bfb38cd734c44c809214e87b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
 #
 #
 
-cd utils/
-./pull_subtrees.sh
-./init_symlinks.sh
-./copy_hooks.sh
+if [ `whoami` == "root" ]; then
+    echo "Please, do not run this script as sudo"
+else
+    cd utils/
+    ./pull_subtrees.sh
+    ./init_symlinks.sh
+    ./copy_hooks.sh
+fi