diff --git a/nixos/common/software/cli/scripts/btrfs-backup.sh b/nixos/common/software/cli/scripts/btrfs-backup.sh
index eb53a2c6..606050f3 100644
--- a/nixos/common/software/cli/scripts/btrfs-backup.sh
+++ b/nixos/common/software/cli/scripts/btrfs-backup.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fi
 SNAPPER_CONFIG="$1"
 
 # Get the actual snapshot location from snapper config
-SOURCE_PATH=$(snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" get-config | grep '^SUBVOLUME' | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"'| awk {'print $3'}) 
+SOURCE_PATH=$(sudo snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" get-config | grep '^SUBVOLUME' | cut -d'=' -f2 | tr -d '"'| awk {'print $3'}) 
 if [ -z "$SOURCE_PATH" ]; then
     echo "ERROR: Could not determine snapshot path for config '$SNAPPER_CONFIG'"
     exit 1
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ KEEP_SNAPSHOTS=5
 set -e
 
 # Verify snapper config exists
-if ! snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" list &>/dev/null; then
+if ! sudo snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" list &>/dev/null; then
     echo "ERROR: Snapper config '$SNAPPER_CONFIG' does not exist"
     exit 1
 fi
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ verify_remote
 LAST_TRANSFERRED=$(cat "$STATE_FILE" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 
 # Get latest snapshot number from snapper
-LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" list | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
+LATEST_SNAPSHOT=$(sudo snapper -c "$SNAPPER_CONFIG" list | tail -n 1 | awk '{print $1}')
 
 # Verify snapshots exist
 verify_snapshot "$LATEST_SNAPSHOT" || exit 1