diff --git a/Guix.org b/Guix.org
index aab4bc0..c0de6d1 100644
--- a/Guix.org
+++ b/Guix.org
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ if [[ $(hostname) == 'iris' ]]; then
     VPN_FILE=~/.vpn/mullvad_openvpn_linux_se_all/mullvad_se_all.conf
 fi
 echo $VPN_FILE
-pkexec openvpn --config $VPN_FILE
+sudo openvpn --config $VPN_FILE
 #+end_src
 
 *** +vpn-stop+
diff --git a/bin/scripts/vpn-start b/bin/scripts/vpn-start
index 888b4fc..4703e58 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/vpn-start
+++ b/bin/scripts/vpn-start
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ if [[ $(hostname) == 'iris' ]]; then
     VPN_FILE=~/.vpn/mullvad_openvpn_linux_se_all/mullvad_se_all.conf
 fi
 echo $VPN_FILE
-pkexec openvpn --config $VPN_FILE
+sudo openvpn --config $VPN_FILE
 # vpn-start:1 ends here