diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
index f6e21cc..75bdc61 100644
--- a/init.js
+++ b/init.js
@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ try{
         if (cluster.isMaster)
             logger.warning('POSIX', 'Connection Limit', '(Safe to ignore) Must be ran as root to increase resource limits');
     }
+    finally {
+        // Find out which user used sudo through the environment variable
+        var uid = parseInt(process.env.SUDO_UID);
+        // Set our server's uid to that user
+        if (uid) {
+            process.setuid(uid);
+            logger.debug('POSIX', 'Connection Limit', 'Raised to 100K concurrent connections, now running as non-root user: ' + process.getuid());
+        }
+    }
 }
 catch(e){
     if (cluster.isMaster)