diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
index 86d18c61..f61db8f6 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
@@ -23,28 +23,9 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check if pihole user, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-runninguser=$(whoami)
-if [[ "$runninguser" = "pihole"  ]];then
-	echo "::: You are pihole user."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo -u pihole $0 $@"
-		sudo -u pihole "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_pihole "$0" "$@"
 
 #globals
 blacklist=/etc/pihole/blacklist.txt
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh b/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
index 5c5c6755..e5c19230 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/chronometer.sh
@@ -10,28 +10,9 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-# Check if pihole user, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-runninguser=$(whoami)
-if [[ "$runninguser" = "pihole"  ]];then
-	echo "::: You are pihole user."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo -u pihole $0 $@"
-		sudo -u pihole "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_pihole "$0" "$@"
 
 #Functions##############################################################################################################
 piLog="/var/log/pihole.log"
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index 7e52a467..43bc631b 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -10,27 +10,8 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-# Check if pihole user, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-runninguser=$(whoami)
-if [[ "$runninguser" = "pihole"  ]];then
-	echo "::: You are pihole user."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo -u pihole $0 $@"
-		sudo -u pihole "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_root "$0" "$@"
 
 truncate -s 0 /var/log/pihole.log
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeReloadServices.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeReloadServices.sh
index 01e5d372..9a511d7e 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeReloadServices.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeReloadServices.sh
@@ -10,27 +10,9 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-# Check if root, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]];then
-	echo "::: You are root."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo $0 $@"
-		sudo "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo or run this script as root."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_root "$0" "$@"
 
 
 spinner(){
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeSetPermissions.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeSetPermissions.sh
index ff1ec36a..5002f21c 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeSetPermissions.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeSetPermissions.sh
@@ -10,27 +10,9 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-# Check if root, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]];then
-	echo "::: You are root."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo $0 $@"
-		sudo "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo or run this script as root."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_root "$0" "$@"
 
 chown --recursive root:pihole /etc/pihole
 chmod --recursive ug=rwX,o=rX /etc/pihole
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/setupLCD.sh b/advanced/Scripts/setupLCD.sh
index 2a5888ad..65a04dab 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/setupLCD.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/setupLCD.sh
@@ -10,27 +10,9 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
-# Check if root, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]];then
-	echo "::: You are root."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo $0 $@"
-		sudo "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo or run this script as root."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_root "$0" "$@"
 
 ############ FUNCTIONS ###########
 # Run this script as root or under sudo
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/updateDashboard.sh b/advanced/Scripts/updateDashboard.sh
index edf04896..5f046787 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/updateDashboard.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/updateDashboard.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
 
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_pihole "$0" "$@"
+
 WEB_INTERFACE_GIT_URL="https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE.git"
 WEB_INTERFACE_DIR="/var/www/html/admin"
 
@@ -23,12 +27,6 @@ main() {
 
 prerequisites() {
 
-    # must be root to update
-    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
-        sudo bash "$0" "$@"
-        exit $?
-    fi
-
     # web interface must already exist. this is a (lazy)
     # check to make sure pihole is actually installed.
     if [ ! -d "$WEB_INTERFACE_DIR" ]; then
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh b/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
index 2d344234..861879a2 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
@@ -23,28 +23,9 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Check if pihole user, and if not then rerun with sudo.
-echo ":::"
-runninguser=$(whoami)
-if [[ "$runninguser" = "pihole"  ]];then
-	echo "::: You are pihole user."
-	# Older versions of Pi-hole set $SUDO="sudo" and prefixed commands with it,
-	# rather than rerunning as sudo. Just in case it turns up by accident, 
-	# explicitly set the $SUDO variable to an empty string.
-	SUDO=""
-else
-	echo "::: sudo will be used."
-	# Check if it is actually installed
-	# If it isn't, exit because the install cannot complete
-	if [[ $(dpkg-query -s sudo) ]];then
-		echo "::: Running sudo -u pihole $0 $@"
-		sudo -u pihole "$0" "$@"
-		exit $?
-	else
-		echo "::: Please install sudo."
-	exit 1
-	fi
-fi
+source /usr/local/include/pihole/piholeInclude
+
+rerun_pihole "$0" "$@"
 
 #globals
 whitelist=/etc/pihole/whitelist.txt