diff --git a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/recipes/default.rb b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/recipes/default.rb
index 01cdee5..134265b 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/ipfs/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/ipfs/recipes/default.rb
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ execute "ipfs config --json Swarm.AddrFilters '#{node['ipfs']['config']['swarm']
   user "ipfs"
   not_if do
     require 'json'
-    swarm_filter_config = `ipfs config Swarm.AddrFilters`
+    swarm_filter_config = `su - ipfs -c "ipfs config Swarm.AddrFilters"`
     begin
       JSON.parse(swarm_filter_config) == node['ipfs']['config']['swarm']['addr_filter']
     rescue JSON::ParserError