diff --git a/build-and-push.sh b/build-and-push.sh
index aa8debc..29f7fca 100755
--- a/build-and-push.sh
+++ b/build-and-push.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# only allow to run this script as root
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 #docker compose down
 
 # rm images
diff --git a/build-docker.sh b/build-docker.sh
index c35dc9f..12bf4c7 100755
--- a/build-docker.sh
+++ b/build-docker.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# only allow to run this script as root
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 ORANGE='\033[0;33m' # Orange
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'  # Green
 NC='\033[0m'        # No color (reseting)