# Help getting Plexamp Headless to run under different user **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Labs\ **Tags:** plexamp\ **Created:** [December 24, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-getting-plexamp-headless-to-run-under-different-user/824033 "2022-12-24T13:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pbenzschawel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@pbenzschawel](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pbenzschawel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-getting-plexamp-headless-to-run-under-different-user/824033/1 "2022-12-24T13:51:31Z")
As the subject says, I’m trying to get plexamp headless running with a different user, specifically hoping to get it to run with the user plex. which is already installed since PMS is running on the same machine. I can get it to run with my user account by modifying the systemd, but if I run it as plex it doesn’t work. Currently running on ubuntu server 22.04.1 headless. plexamp.service [Unit] Description=Plexamp After=network-online.target Requires=network-online.target [Service] Type=simple User=plex WorkingDirectory=/opt/plexamp ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /opt/plexamp/js/index.js Restart=on-failure [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target again, everything runs fine if I try and run it with my user account. Let me know if I can provide any further details. UPDATE: Never fails, as soon as I post something I figure it out, I needed to do the initial setup as the plex user to claim the token. sudo runuser -u plex node js/index.js Once that was done, everything worked fine! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/help-getting-plexamp-headless-to-run-under-different-user/824033/2 "2023-03-24T13:51:55Z")
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