diff --git a/hosts/Rupert.nix b/hosts/Rupert.nix
index 8685d9f..19d5074 100644
--- a/hosts/Rupert.nix
+++ b/hosts/Rupert.nix
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ in
         sendEmail = true;
         gitPull = true;
         gitDeploymentKeyFile = "/secrets/ssh_id_gitea_nixos_configuration";
+        gitUser = "fruchti";
     };
 
     # systemd.services.nixos-upgrade.onFailure = lib.mkIf config.system.autoUpgrade.enable [ "status-email@%n.service" ];
diff --git a/options/auto-upgrade.nix b/options/auto-upgrade.nix
index eb9f4e1..18e8544 100644
--- a/options/auto-upgrade.nix
+++ b/options/auto-upgrade.nix
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ in
                 Private SSH key used for the `git pull` operation (if `gitPull` is enabled).
             '';
         };
+        gitUser = mkOption {
+            type = types.str or null;
+            default = null;
+            description = mdDoc ''
+                User used for the `git pull` operation (if `gitPull` is enabled).
+            '';
+        };
     };
 
     config = mkIf cfg.enable {
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ in
                 grep = "${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep";
                 git = "${pkgs.git}/bin/git";
                 ssh = "${pkgs.openssh}/bin/ssh";
+                sudo = "${pkgs.sudo}/bin/sudo";
                 shutdown = "${config.systemd.package}/bin/shutdown";
                 sendmail = "${pkgs.system-sendmail}/bin/sendmail";
                 upgradeFlag = optional (cfg.channel == null) "--upgrade";
@@ -95,7 +103,7 @@ in
                 {
                     cd /etc/nixos
                     echo "→ Refreshing git repository at /etc/nixos." | tee -a "$output_file"
-                    if ! ${optionalString (cfg.gitDeploymentKeyFile != null) ''GIT_SSH_COMMAND='${ssh} -i "${cfg.gitDeploymentKeyFile}" -o IdentitiesOnly=yes' ''}${git} pull 2>&1 | tee -a "$output_file" ; then
+                    if ! ${optionalString (cfg.gitDeploymentKeyFile != null) ''GIT_SSH_COMMAND='${ssh} -i "${cfg.gitDeploymentKeyFile}" -o IdentitiesOnly=yes' ''}${optionalString (cfg.gitUser != null) ''${sudo} -nu ${cfg.gitUser} ''}${git} pull 2>&1 | tee -a "$output_file" ; then
                         send_email=yes
                         email_subject_additions="$email_subject_additions, errors during git pull"
                     fi