diff --git a/scripts/update/arch.sh b/scripts/update/arch.sh
index 9bf229f..6546d6e 100755
--- a/scripts/update/arch.sh
+++ b/scripts/update/arch.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
     esac
 done
 
+# sudo
+sudo id -u 2&> /dev/null
+
 printf "${BOLD}${YELLOW}>> starting system update...${DEFAULT}\n"
 
 # upgrade installed packages
diff --git a/scripts/update/update.sh b/scripts/update/update.sh
index d3eeff5..e1b8f58 100755
--- a/scripts/update/update.sh
+++ b/scripts/update/update.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ for arg in "$@"; do
 done
 
 # execute update script
-if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
-	"$script"  $args
+#if [ "$distro" == "arch" ]; then
+#	"$script" $args
+if [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] || [ "$distro" == "arch" ]; then
+#elif [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ]; then
+	"$script" $args
 else
 	sudo "$script" $args
 fi