diff --git a/bash/gnupg.sh b/bash/gnupg.sh
index 3d259ef..ab29be1 100644
--- a/bash/gnupg.sh
+++ b/bash/gnupg.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)"
-gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye > /dev/null
+if [ ${EUID} -ne 0 ] ; then
+    export SSH_AUTH_SOCK="$(gpgconf --list-dirs agent-ssh-socket)"
+    gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye > /dev/null
+fi
 
 alias gpgoff='gpgconf --kill gpg-agent'