diff --git a/rna-seq-pipeline/rna-seq_pipeline_multi_sample.py b/rna-seq-pipeline/rna-seq_pipeline_multi_sample.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/rna-seq-pipeline/rna-seq_pipeline_multi_sample.py
+++ b/rna-seq-pipeline/rna-seq_pipeline_multi_sample.py
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ def docker_call(tool, tool_parameters, work_dir):
     Makes subprocess call of a command to a docker container.
     work_dir MUST BE AN ABSOLUTE PATH or the call will fail.
     """
-    # base_docker_call = 'sudo docker run -v {}:/data'.format(work_dir)
-    base_docker_call = 'docker run -v {}:/data'.format(work_dir)
+    base_docker_call = 'sudo docker run -v {}:/data'.format(work_dir)
     call = base_docker_call.split() + [tool] + tool_parameters
     try:
         subprocess.check_call(call)
Unless the user script is being run on a CGCloud-launched cluster docker calls must use Sudo.