diff --git a/install-dat-release.sh b/install-dat-release.sh
index cf5093a..75992d3 100644
--- a/install-dat-release.sh
+++ b/install-dat-release.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,15 @@ curl() {
 check_if_running_as_root() {
   # If you want to run as another user, please modify $UID to be owned by this user
   if [[ "$UID" -ne '0' ]]; then
-    echo "error: You must run this script as root!"
-    exit 1
+    echo "Warning: You are root, and you may reach insufficient permission errors."
+    read -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " prompt
+    if [[ $prompt == "y" || $prompt == "Y" || $prompt == "yes" || $prompt == "Yes" ]]
+    then
+      echo "Continuing the installation with current user..."
+    else
+      echo "Not running with root, exiting..."
+      exit 1
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/install-release.sh b/install-release.sh
index 54b1219..ab5aec4 100644
--- a/install-release.sh
+++ b/install-release.sh
@@ -47,8 +47,15 @@ systemd_cat_config() {
 check_if_running_as_root() {
   # If you want to run as another user, please modify $UID to be owned by this user
   if [[ "$UID" -ne '0' ]]; then
-    echo "error: You must run this script as root!"
-    exit 1
+    echo "Warning: You are root, and you may reach insufficient permission errors."
+    read -p "Are you sure you want to continue? [y/N] " prompt
+    if [[ $prompt == "y" || $prompt == "Y" || $prompt == "yes" || $prompt == "Yes" ]]
+    then
+      echo "Continuing the installation with current user..."
+    else
+      echo "Not running with root, exiting..."
+      exit 1
+    fi
   fi
 }