diff --git a/runtime/tests/kill_sledge.sh b/runtime/tests/kill_sledge.sh
index 814469c..f253f5f 100755
--- a/runtime/tests/kill_sledge.sh
+++ b/runtime/tests/kill_sledge.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 pid=`ps -ef|grep  "sledgert"|grep -v grep |awk '{print $2}'`
 echo $pid
-kill -2 $pid
+sudo kill -2 $pid