diff --git a/tools/arkmanager b/tools/arkmanager
index 0a9147b..e75b9b0 100644
--- a/tools/arkmanager
+++ b/tools/arkmanager
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 # Original author:      LeXaT
 # Maintainer:           FezVrasta
 
+if [ "$(id -u)" == "0" ]; then
+   echo "This script must NOT be run as root" 1>&2
+   exit 1
+fi
+
 # Global variables
 source ~/.arkmanager.cfg