diff --git a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
index ca515a7..e794ed3 100644
--- a/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
+++ b/roles/splunk_deploy/tasks/Deploy_Conf-to-Splunk.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 - name: "Enable boot-start Splunk via cli"
   shell: "/opt/splunk/bin/splunk enable boot-start"
+  become: yes
+  become_user: "{{ privileged_user }}"
 
 - name: "Start Splunk via cli"
   command: "{{ splunk_exec }} start"