diff --git a/auto-cpufreq-installer b/auto-cpufreq-installer
index 75322fce..d1c388c9 100755
--- a/auto-cpufreq-installer
+++ b/auto-cpufreq-installer
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function tool_remove {
 
 # root check
 if ((EUID != 0)); then
-  sudo "$0" "$@"
+  sudo "./`basename "$0"`" "$@"
   exit "$?"
 fi