diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 80361b5c..e68c263f 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Set up the **pokered** repository:
 	git clone git://github.com/iimarckus/pokered.git
 	cd pokered
 
-	./init.sh
+	sudo ./init.sh
 
 
 Now **pokered.gbc** can be built from source.
diff --git a/init.sh b/init.sh
index 671f61fd..2106f64a 100755
--- a/init.sh
+++ b/init.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 git clone git://github.com/bentley/rgbds.git && \
 cd rgbds && \
 make && \
-sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man{1,7} && \
-sudo make install && \
+mkdir -p /usr/local/man/man{1,7} && \
+make install && \
 cd .. && \
 rm -rf rgbds
 
 # set up the submodule (extras/)
 git submodule init && \
 git submodule update && \
-sudo easy_install pip && \
-sudo pip install -r extras/requirements.txt
+easy_install pip && \
+pip install -r extras/requirements.txt