diff --git a/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh b/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
index 471084b4..db6da5ec 100644
--- a/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/containers/tactical-nginx/entrypoint.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ nginxdefaultconf='/etc/nginx/nginx.conf'
 # increase default nginx worker connections
 /bin/bash -c "sed -i 's/worker_connections.*/worker_connections ${WORKER_CONNECTIONS};/g' $nginxdefaultconf"
 
-sudo sed -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
+sed -i '1s/^/worker_rlimit_nofile 1000000;\
 /' $nginxdefaultconf
 
 if [[ $DEV -eq 1 ]]; then