diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index d827d24..62c17cd 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ success() {
     echo "${GREEN}$1${RESET}"
 }
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    die "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+fi
+
 ### Verify cloned repo
 if [ ! -e "$HOME/raspberry-noaa" ]; then
         die "Is https://github.com/reynico/raspberry-noaa cloned in your home directory?"
@@ -245,11 +250,6 @@ echo "
 
 set +e
 
-### Fix permissions on audio/meteor/images folder
-sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/wx/audio/
-sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/wx/images/
-sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/wx/meteor/
-
 ### Running WXTOIMG to have the user accept the licensing agreement
 wxtoimg
 
diff --git a/migrate_data.sh b/migrate_data.sh
index d7f3b08..7d985df 100644
--- a/migrate_data.sh
+++ b/migrate_data.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$HOME/.tweepy.conf"
diff --git a/receive.sh b/receive.sh
index cb4e481..b6c4fd4 100755
--- a/receive.sh
+++ b/receive.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
diff --git a/receive_meteor.sh b/receive_meteor.sh
index 70bfac3..38b4371 100755
--- a/receive_meteor.sh
+++ b/receive_meteor.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$HOME/.tweepy.conf"
 . "$NOAA_HOME/common.sh"
 
-
 SYSTEM_MEMORY=$(free -m | awk '/^Mem:/{print $2}')
 if [ "$SYSTEM_MEMORY" -lt 2000 ]; then
     log "The system doesn't have enough space to store a Meteor pass on RAM" "INFO"
diff --git a/schedule.sh b/schedule.sh
index 6496142..ed957fe 100755
--- a/schedule.sh
+++ b/schedule.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$NOAA_HOME/common.sh"
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    die "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+fi
+
 wget -qr http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/weather.txt -O "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.txt
 wget -qr http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/amateur.txt -O "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/amateur.txt
 grep "NOAA 15" "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.txt -A 2 > "${NOAA_HOME}"/predict/weather.tle
diff --git a/schedule_iss.sh b/schedule_iss.sh
index 6660d0c..9e7bb16 100755
--- a/schedule_iss.sh
+++ b/schedule_iss.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-## debug
-# set -x
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
 
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
diff --git a/schedule_meteor.sh b/schedule_meteor.sh
index 20ca9d4..04f98c3 100755
--- a/schedule_meteor.sh
+++ b/schedule_meteor.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$NOAA_HOME/common.sh"
diff --git a/schedule_sat.sh b/schedule_sat.sh
index a5ef0b8..f7e2fc7 100755
--- a/schedule_sat.sh
+++ b/schedule_sat.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$NOAA_HOME/common.sh"
diff --git a/test_reception.sh b/test_reception.sh
index 3dba947..fbd59f2 100755
--- a/test_reception.sh
+++ b/test_reception.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+### Run as a normal user
+if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "This script shouldn't be run as root."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 ## import common lib
 . "$HOME/.noaa.conf"
 . "$NOAA_HOME/common.sh"