diff --git a/sshbackup b/sshbackup
index 14c4b5d..80924c0 100755
--- a/sshbackup
+++ b/sshbackup
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ preflight()
 {
     #amiroot?
     if ( ! amiroot ); then
-        echo "aborting mission. you must be root"
-        return 1
+        echo "warning: in order to conserve owner and group attributes"
+        echo "warning: you need to run sshbackup as root."
+        return 0
     fi
 
     #source and destination path?