diff --git a/hack/systemd/compute-blade-agent.service b/hack/systemd/compute-blade-agent.service
index 83058f5..1c01e30 100644
--- a/hack/systemd/compute-blade-agent.service
+++ b/hack/systemd/compute-blade-agent.service
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Documentation=https://github.com/compute-blade-community/compute-blade-agent
 After=network.target
 
 [Service]
+User=root
 Restart=on-failure
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/compute-blade-agent
 TimeoutStopSec=20s