diff --git a/absurdism b/absurdism
index 6b8ffc0..a681356 100755
--- a/absurdism
+++ b/absurdism
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 : \
+ && [ "$(id -u)" -eq 0 ] \
  && [ -s build-all ] \
  && { [ ! -d out ] || mkdir out || exit ;} \
+ && chmod -R 0755 . \
+ && chown -R 0:1000 . \
+ && chmod -R 0775 out \
  && podman run -v="$(readlink -f .)":/stargazing -e=TERM=$TERM -it --rm \
     --security-opt label=disable --user podman quay.io/podman/stable \
     /stargazing/build-all \
+ || echo something died \
 ;