diff --git a/profiles/base/default.nix b/profiles/base/default.nix
index 2f92500..daef360 100644
--- a/profiles/base/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/base/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     };
   };
   environment.shellAliases = {
-    "nixos-switch" = "nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#";
+    "nixos-switch" = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake .#";
     "nom-affogato" = "nom build .#nixosConfigurations.affogato.config.system.build.toplevel";
   };