diff --git a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
index a6c8cf7..f78d879 100755
--- a/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/syncDirSetup.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ if [ -f "${the_file}" ]; then
         #echo "# auto mount syncDir" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
         #echo "${src_dir}    ${trg_dir}    auto    defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" | sudo tee -a ${the_file}
 
-        echo "" >> ${the_file}
-        echo "# auto mount syncDir" >> ${the_file}
-        echo "${src_dir}    ${trg_dir}    auto    defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" >> ${the_file}
+        sudo echo "" >> ${the_file}
+        sudo echo "# auto mount syncDir" >> ${the_file}
+        sudo echo "${src_dir}    ${trg_dir}    auto    defaults,nofail,nobootwait,bind 0 2" >> ${the_file}
 
         echo "auto mount of syncDir added to '${the_file}'"
     else