diff --git a/tools/repository/repo b/tools/repository/repo
index a4ae237d4..5c561912c 100755
--- a/tools/repository/repo
+++ b/tools/repository/repo
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ cp armbian.key "${2}"/public/
 # remove debs if no errors found
 if [[ $errors -eq 0 ]]; then
 		echo "Purging incoming debs"
-		find "${1}" -name "*.deb" -type f -delete
+		sudo find "${1}" -name "*.deb" -type f -delete
 else
 	display_alert "There were some problems $err_txt" "leaving incoming directory intact" "err"
 fi