diff --git a/dev-environment-setup.sh b/dev-environment-setup.sh
index 4be398e..d50682d 100644
--- a/dev-environment-setup.sh
+++ b/dev-environment-setup.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@ sudo apt-get install mariadb-server
 
 echo "starting interactive mariadb configuration from the mariadb package's script"
 /bin/sleep 3s
-mariadb-install-db
+sudo mariadb-install-db