diff --git a/alpine/alpine-adduser-sudo.sh b/alpine/alpine-adduser-sudo.sh
index 8091801..f08507a 100755
--- a/alpine/alpine-adduser-sudo.sh
+++ b/alpine/alpine-adduser-sudo.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 apk update
 apk add sudo
 echo '%akanealw ALL=(ALL) ALL' > /etc/sudoers.d/akanealw
diff --git a/alpine/alpine-configure-git.sh b/alpine/alpine-configure-git.sh
index a230e43..956f8a4 100755
--- a/alpine/alpine-configure-git.sh
+++ b/alpine/alpine-configure-git.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please do NOT run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 # git config
 git config --global credential.helper store
 git config --global user.name "akanealw"
diff --git a/alpine/alpine-essentials.sh b/alpine/alpine-essentials.sh
index 9b5d97b..2bd563b 100755
--- a/alpine/alpine-essentials.sh
+++ b/alpine/alpine-essentials.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 # edit repositories
 echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/main" > /etc/apk/repositories
 echo "http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community" >> /etc/apk/repositories
diff --git a/alpine/alpine-install-docker.sh b/alpine/alpine-install-docker.sh
index 1848852..29acdb8 100755
--- a/alpine/alpine-install-docker.sh
+++ b/alpine/alpine-install-docker.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 
-apk update && apk upgrade
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
+apk update 
+apk upgrade
 apk add docker docker-cli-compose
 
 addgroup akanealw docker
diff --git a/alpine/alpine-resize-disk.sh b/alpine/alpine-resize-disk.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e5a9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpine/alpine-resize-disk.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/ash
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
+apk add --no-cache cfdisk e2fsprogs-extra
+
+cfdisk
+
+resize2fs /dev/sda3
diff --git a/alpine/alpine-user-customizations.sh b/alpine/alpine-user-customizations.sh
index 62bec37..f380848 100755
--- a/alpine/alpine-user-customizations.sh
+++ b/alpine/alpine-user-customizations.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please do NOT run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 # add aliases
 echo "# custom settings and aliases" > ~/.bash_profile
 echo "" >> ~/.bash_profile
diff --git a/alpine/download-alpine-scripts.sh b/alpine/download-alpine-scripts.sh
index 77b134d..5fcad24 100755
--- a/alpine/download-alpine-scripts.sh
+++ b/alpine/download-alpine-scripts.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/ash
 
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then
+  echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
 mkdir -p /home/akanealw/scripts > /dev/null 2>&1
 rm /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-* > /dev/null 2>&1
 
 wget -qO /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-essentials.sh http://192.168.1.50/scripts/alpine/alpine-essentials.sh
 wget -qO /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-install-docker.sh http://192.168.1.50/scripts/alpine/alpine-install-docker.sh
+wget -qO /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-resize-disk.sh http://192.168.1.50/scripts/alpine/alpine-resize-disk.sh
 wget -qO /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-user-customizations.sh http://192.168.1.50/scripts/alpine/alpine-user-customizations.sh
 
+chown -R akanealw:akanealw /home/akanealw/scripts/
 chmod +x /home/akanealw/scripts/alpine-*