diff --git a/src/bin/init.sh b/src/bin/init.sh
index 9c78a9d..606fd2a 100644
--- a/src/bin/init.sh
+++ b/src/bin/init.sh
@@ -22,10 +22,12 @@ if [ -z "$(command -v git)" ]; then
 	error=1;
 fi;
 GIT_COMMAND_BASE=("git");
+SUDO_COMMAND=()
 if [ -n "${USE_SUDO}" ]; then
 	# if we are root -> ok, else we must be SUDO USER
 	if [ "$(whoami)" = "root" ]; then
-		GIT_COMMAND_BASE=("sudo" "-u" "${SUDO_USER}" "git");
+		SUDO_COMMAND=("sudo" "-u" "${SUDO_USER}");
+		GIT_COMMAND_BASE=("${SUDO_COMMAND[@]}" "git");
 	elif [ "$(whoami)" != "${SUDO_USER}" ]; then
 		echo "[!] Script must be run as root or as the ${SUDO_USER}";
 		error=1;
diff --git a/src/bin/new_clone.sh b/src/bin/new_clone.sh
index 0845996..eaeadb8 100755
--- a/src/bin/new_clone.sh
+++ b/src/bin/new_clone.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ if ! grep "Host ${REMOTE_HOST}" "${GIT_WEBHOOK_BASE_FOLDER}"/.ssh/config; then
 else
 	# make sure the identiy file is there
 	# grep "IdentityFile" in this
-	result=$(ssh "${REMOTE_HOST}");
+	SSH_TEST=("${SUDO_COMMAND[@]}" "ssh" "${REMOTE_HOST}");
+	result=$("${SSH_TEST[@]}");
 	validate_string="You've successfully authenticated with the key"
 	if [[ "$result" != *"$validate_string"* ]]; then
 		echo "Could not connect to ${REMOTE_HOST}: ${result}";
@@ -62,6 +63,6 @@ GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER=$(basename "${REPOSITORY}" .git);
 echo "* New clone from ${REMOTE_HOST}:${REPOSITORY}/${BRANCH} into ${GIT_REPOSITORY_FOLDER}";
 GIT_COMMAND=("${GIT_COMMAND_BASE[@]}" "clone" "-b" "${BRANCH}" "--single-branch" "--depth" "1" "--origin" "${REMOTE_NAME}" "${REMOTE_HOST}:${REPOSITORY}" "${GIT_WEBHOOK_BASE_FOLDER}${CLONE_BASE}")
 echo "Command: ${GIT_COMMAND[*]}"
-# echo ${GIT_COMMAND_BASE} clone -b "${BRANCH}" --single-branch --depth 1 --origin "${REMOTE}" "${REMOTE_HOST}:${REPOSITORY}" "${GIT_WEBHOOK_BASE_FOLDER}${CLONE_BASE}";
+# "${GIT_COMMAND[@]}";
 
 # __END__