diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c7aa9..0000000
--- a/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-Notifies of available updates.
-
-`pacman-update-count.sh` -- run as root to update available count.
-
-`notify-updates` -- run to notify of available updates (gets value stored by `pacman=update-count.sh`).
-
-```sh
-# list options:
-
-notify-updates --help
-```
diff --git a/pacman-update-count.sh b/pacman-update-count.sh
index b3eb8f2..9e6e013 100755
--- a/pacman-update-count.sh
+++ b/pacman-update-count.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ _updates_available="0"
 _target_file="/tmp/pacman-update-count"
 _user="ray"
 
-pacman -Sy
-_query_output=$(pacman -Qu)
+sudo pacman -Sy
+_query_output=$(sudo pacman -Qu)
 
 # TODO - get update count from above
 echo "$_query_output"