diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb43d25..d519a61 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,17 +31,9 @@ sudo ./bank <admin password> <saving frequency in minutes> <run in background (1
 
 - OpenSSL (HTTPS)
 - Very difficult to tamper with compared to an in-game implementation of a bank
-- Auto-Saving, Save on close, are in place
+- Auto-Saving and Save on close are in place
 
 ### Accessibility
 
 - able to be used millions of blocks away, across dimensions, servers, vanilla or modded, or outside of the game entirely
-
-# Improvements from 1.0
-
-- frequency/on-close saving in contrast to every change resulting in a Save() call
-- multi-threaded
-- near infinite number of users rather then 2^16
-- no account vs user distinction, it was complicating usage without much gain
-- OpenSSL
-- a web based frontend
+- Web front-end
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index c9f8d36..29719ee 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "bank.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
@@ -15,6 +17,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         std::cerr << "run in background state must be 1 or 0\n";
         return 0;
     }
+    if (geteuid() != 0)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "ERROR: CCash MUST be ran as root\n";
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     //Loading users from users.json
     Bank.Load();