diff --git a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
index ff0efd7..8ae7cb2 100644
--- a/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
+++ b/automotive/can/1.0/tools/configurator/canhalconfigurator.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 service canhalconfigurator /system_ext/bin/canhalconfigurator
   class core
+  user root
   oneshot