diff --git a/service.template b/service.template
index 5c28415..5d2ce99 100644
--- a/service.template
+++ b/service.template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ After=network.target
 Type=simple
 Environment="PORT=$port"
 ExecStart=make start
-User=drm
+User=$user
 WorkingDirectory=$serviceDir/src
 Restart=yes
 StandardOutput=file:$logsDir/start.log
diff --git a/src/caddy.ts b/src/caddy.ts
index 3f88a83..eeb7f28 100644
--- a/src/caddy.ts
+++ b/src/caddy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fs from "fs";
-import { indexedConfig, config } from "./config";
+import { indexedConfig, config, isSelf } from "./config";
 import path from "path";
 import { $ } from "bun";
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const rebuildCaddyfile = async () => {
 	await $`rm ${caddyfilePath("deployer2")}`.nothrow();
 
 	const Caddyfile = Object.values(indexedConfig)
-		.filter(({ user, repo }) => `${user}/${repo}` != "drm/deployer2")
+		.filter((s) => !isSelf(s))
 		.map(
 			({ host, port }) => `
 ${host}.drm.dev {
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 7dc3aa3..afd23a0 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import userConfig from "../config";
 import hash from "object-hash";
 
+export type DeployerService = {
+	user: string;
+	repo: string;
+	branch: string;
+};
 export type DeployerConfig = {
-	services: {
-		[host: string]: {
-			user: string;
-			repo: string;
-			branch: string;
-		};
-	};
+	services: { [host: string]: DeployerService };
 	giteaUrl: string;
 	directory: string;
 	basePort: number;
@@ -27,3 +26,6 @@ export const indexedConfig = Object.fromEntries(
 		},
 	])
 );
+
+export const isSelf = ({ user, repo }: DeployerService) =>
+	`${user}/${repo}` == "drm/deployer2";
diff --git a/src/deploy.ts b/src/deploy.ts
index 1e0778c..a5be8be 100644
--- a/src/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/deploy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import hash from "object-hash";
 import { $ } from "bun";
 import path from "path";
-import { config, indexedConfig } from "./config";
+import { config, indexedConfig, isSelf } from "./config";
 import fs from "fs";
 import { rebuildCaddyfile } from "./caddy";
 
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export const deploy = async ({ host, commitHash }: DeployInstance) => {
 			deploymentId,
 			logsDir: path.join(serviceDir, "logs"),
 			serviceDir,
+			user: isSelf(service) ? "root" : "drm",
 		}
 	);
 	await $`ln -sf ${serviceDir}/${systemdServiceName} ${config.systemServicesDir}/${systemdServiceName}`;