diff --git a/tasks/proxypool.yml b/tasks/proxypool.yml
index e229868a97474bd3a38a7cb351c95668173aedb2..e8c328947109f30569e967906ec7c533c46af5c5 100644
--- a/tasks/proxypool.yml
+++ b/tasks/proxypool.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   - name: "Set directory permissions to current user"
     file:
       path: '/etc/letsencrypt'
-      owner: '{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}'
+      owner: '{{ ansible_env.USER }}'
       recurse: yes
       follow: no
     when: proxy_active|default(true)
diff --git a/tasks/pullcerts.yml b/tasks/pullcerts.yml
index ca6727a14d49a391473871c6280b8bc3e37e4150..3e4bf1bc7d9fcb1ae350e49dbc5ae70ec3fa1a72 100644
--- a/tasks/pullcerts.yml
+++ b/tasks/pullcerts.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 - name: "Set directory permissions to current user"
   file:
     path: '{{ item }}'
-    owner: '{{ ansible_env.SUDO_USER }}'
+    owner: '{{ ansible_env.USER }}'
     recurse: yes
     follow: no
   with_items: