diff --git a/services/telegraf.nix b/services/telegraf.nix
index 36153a0f..1620ddfe 100644
--- a/services/telegraf.nix
+++ b/services/telegraf.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
   };
 
   users.users.telegraf = {
-    extraGroups = [ "root" ];
-    isNormalUser = true;
+    extraGroups = [ "wheel" ];
+    isSystemUser = true;
   };
 
   # Install the package
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@
         processes = {};
         swap = {};
         system = {};
-        fail2ban = {};
+        fail2ban = {
+          use_sudo = true;
+        };
         intel_powerstat = {};
         net = {};
         nvidia_smi = {};