diff --git a/generate_logs b/generate_logs
index 9521bd9..e987c2c 100755
--- a/generate_logs
+++ b/generate_logs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   sudo cp -r ${user_root_dir}/ ${user_log_dir}/system_logs
   if [ -e ${user_home_dir}/crash ]; then
     mkdir ${user_log_dir}/crash
-    cp -r ${user_home_dir}/crash/* ${user_log_dir}/crash &&
+    sudo cp -r ${user_home_dir}/crash/* ${user_log_dir}/crash &&
         echo "Copied user crash dumps"
   fi