diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/archive/03-throttlerecording b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/archive/03-throttlerecording
index f9bb5de5b..922fea52f 100644
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/archive/03-throttlerecording
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/archive/03-throttlerecording
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ while [ 1 ];do
         latest=$(cat "$RECS_DIR"/StreamData/analyzing_now.txt)
         if [ "$latest" = "$analyzing_now" ];then
            echo "$(date) WARNING no change in analyzing_now for 10 iterations, restarting services"
-           "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
+           sudo -u pi "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/scripts/restart_services.sh
         fi
         counter=10
         analyzing_now=$(cat "$HOME"/BirdSongs/StreamData/analyzing_now.txt)