diff --git a/.dev-tools/pull-data.sh b/.dev-tools/pull-data.sh
index 1a3ef7480..f77992f0d 100755
--- a/.dev-tools/pull-data.sh
+++ b/.dev-tools/pull-data.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fetch () {
 initiate () {
 
     # Prepare Feed 1
-    sort -u ${outputfile} -o ${outputfile}
+    sudo sort -u ${outputfile} -o ${outputfile}
     grep '[^[:blank:]]' < ${outputfile} > ${tmp}
     sudo mv ${tmp} ${outputfile}
 	sudo dos2unix ${outputfile}