diff --git a/source/main.cc b/source/main.cc
index 4e6c94d..3426522 100644
--- a/source/main.cc
+++ b/source/main.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     for (int i=1; i<argc; i++){
         str_cmd_argv+= to_string(*argv[i]) + " ";
     }  
-    
+    if (geteuid() != 0){
+        string cmd = "";
+        cmd = cmd + "pkexec " + app_name + " " + str_cmd_argv;
+        return system(cmd.c_str());
+    }
     setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
     bindtextdomain("ubl-settings-datetime", "/usr/share/locale/");
     bind_textdomain_codeset("ubl-settings-datetime", "UTF-8");