diff --git a/src-tauri/src/admin.rs b/src-tauri/src/admin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1f068b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src-tauri/src/admin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use std::process::exit;
+use std::process::Command;
+
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub fn reopen_as_admin() {
+  let install = std::env::current_exe().unwrap();
+
+  println!("Opening as admin: {}", install.to_str().unwrap());
+
+  Command::new("powershell.exe")
+    .arg("powershell")
+    .arg(format!(
+      "-command \"&{{Start-Process -filepath 'cmd' -argumentlist '/c \"{}\"' -verb runas}}\"",
+      install.to_str().unwrap()
+    ))
+    .spawn()
+    .expect("Error starting exec as admin");
+
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+#[cfg(linux)]
+pub fn reopen_as_admin() {}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index 42a9e07..a31738e 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ use std::thread;
 use structs::APIQuery;
 use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};
 
+use crate::admin::reopen_as_admin;
+
+mod admin;
 mod downloader;
 mod file_helpers;
 mod gamebanana;
@@ -52,6 +55,8 @@ fn main() {
     println!("===============================================================================");
     println!("You running as a non-elevated user. Some stuff will almost definitely not work.");
     println!("===============================================================================");
+
+    reopen_as_admin();
   }
 
   // Setup datadir/cultivation just in case something went funky and it wasn't made