diff --git a/advanced/pihole.sudo b/advanced/pihole.sudo
index ef06249a..702bc7a5 100644
--- a/advanced/pihole.sudo
+++ b/advanced/pihole.sudo
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-www-data ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/pihole
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 33b1842d..b5ba93ba 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ installPiholeWeb() {
   echo -n "::: Installing sudoer file..."
   mkdir -p /etc/sudoers.d/
   cp /etc/.pihole/advanced/pihole.sudo /etc/sudoers.d/pihole
+  # Add lighttpd user (OS dependent) to sudoers file
+  echo "${LIGHTTPD_USER} ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/local/bin/pihole" >> /etc/sudoers.d/pihole
   chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/pihole
   echo " done!"
 }