diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a57078d..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-builddir
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/main.cpp
similarity index 77%
rename from src/main.cpp
rename to main.cpp
index b3744b0..dbf8f8e 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 using namespace std::filesystem;
@@ -15,11 +14,6 @@ const path PACMAN_HOOKS = "/etc/pacman.d/hooks";
 //
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
-  if (geteuid() != 0) {
-    cout << "Sudo permissions are required to run this application";
-    return 0;
-  }
-
   if (!exists(PACMAN_HOOKS)) {
     create_directory(PACMAN_HOOKS);
     cout << "Directory created: " << PACMAN_HOOKS << endl;
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 34c75cc..5da9583 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 project('dotty', 'cpp')
 
-executable('dotty', 'src/main.cpp', dependencies: [])
+executable('dotty', 'main.cpp', dependencies: [])
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index bc94a6c..c794c76 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ run = "meson setup --reconfigure builddir"
 [tasks.compile]
 dir = "{{ cwd }}/builddir"
 run = "meson compile"
-
-[tasks.run]
-dir = "{{ cwd }}/builddir"
-run = "chmod +x dotty; sudo ./dotty"