diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index 95ec47600..a9e51528c 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ while true; do
        latest=$(cat "$RECS_DIR"/StreamData/analyzing_now.txt)
        if [[ "$latest" == "$analyzing_now" ]]; then
           echo "$(date) WARNING no change in analyzing_now for 10 iterations, restarting services"
-          sudo -u pi "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
+          "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
        fi
        counter=10
        analyzing_now=$(cat "$HOME"/BirdSongs/StreamData/analyzing_now.txt)