diff --git a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
index c36996b40..d9cec7146 100644
--- a/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
+++ b/python_apps/show-recorder/install/recorder-daemontools.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,5 @@ echo "*** Daemontools: starting daemon"
 cd ${recorder_path}
 exec 2>&1
 # Note the -u when calling python! we need it to get unbuffered binary stdout and stderr
-exec setuidgid ${recorder_user} \
-               python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script} \
-               -f
+exec sudo python -u ${recorder_path}${recorder_script} -f
 # EOF