diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index ece0fcd..85cb458 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ debug_data_collector()
 	local xiin_app='' xiin_data_file='' xiin_download='' error='' b_run_xiin='false'
 	local debug_data_dir='' bsd_string='' xorg_d_files='' xorg_file='' a_distro_ids=''
 	local completed_gz_file='' xiin_file='xiin.py' ftp_upload='ftp.techpatterns.com/incoming'
-	local Line='-------------------------'
+	local Line='-------------------------' root_string=''
 	local start_directory=$( pwd )
 	local host=$( tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]' <<< "$HOSTNAME" )
 	if [[ -n $host ]];then
@@ -1586,8 +1586,11 @@ debug_data_collector()
 	if [[ -n $BSD_TYPE ]];then
 		bsd_string="-$BSD_TYPE"
 	fi
+	if [[ $( whoami ) == 'root' ]];then
+		root_string='-root'
+	fi
 	
-	debug_data_dir="inxi$bsd_string-$host-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$1" 
+	debug_data_dir="inxi$bsd_string-$host-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)-$1$root_string" 
 	
 	if [[ $B_IRC == 'false' ]];then
 		if [[ -n $ALTERNATE_FTP ]];then