diff --git a/azure_script/run_xmr_stak.pl b/azure_script/run_xmr_stak.pl
index c3957d0c4e3686e1f7c8408f6a03f61de9014b2f..7a36d28782f1bfb9713545864f7d187e77ca125a 100755
--- a/azure_script/run_xmr_stak.pl
+++ b/azure_script/run_xmr_stak.pl
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ sub RunXMRStak{
     sleep ($runtime);
 
     #and stop xmr-stak
-    system("pkill xmrig");
+    system("sudo pkill xmrig");
 }
 
 
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ sub GetHashRate{
     do
     {
         #delete any old logfiles, so that the results are fresh
-        system 'rm logfile.txt';
+        system 'sudo rm logfile.txt';
     
         RunXMRStak($runtime, "userconfig.json");