diff --git a/ansible/roles/tmux/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/tmux/tasks/main.yml
index 54fa6e5..b6cef63 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/tmux/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/tmux/tasks/main.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     src: tmux/tmux.conf
     dest: "/$HOME/.tmux.conf"
 - name: Setup TMUX for the root user
+  become: true
   copy:
     src: tmux/tmux.conf
     dest: "/root/.tmux.conf"