diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
index b52762135..9ccb26a92 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/71-modifications.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fi
 # Correct services to start as user pi
 birdnet_services="$()"
 for file in $(ls "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/templates/birdnet*.service | xargs basename -a) livestream.service chart_viewer.service chart_viewer.service spectrogram_viewer.service; do
-    sed -i "s|ExecStart=|ExecStart=sudo -u pi |g" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/$file"
+    sed -i "s|ExecStart=|ExecStart=/usr/bin/sudo -u pi |g" "$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/templates/$file"
 done
 
 echo " "