diff --git a/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh b/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
index f2c4556..e93087e 100755
--- a/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
+++ b/actions/example-pull-request/setup.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+if test $(id -u) != 0 ; then
+    SUDO=sudo
+fi
+
+$SUDO rm -fr /srv/example-pull-request/{root,fork-org}
+rm -fr /srv/example-pull-request
 mkdir -p /srv/example-pull-request
 FORGEJO_RUNNER_CONFIG=$EXAMPLE_DIR/runner-config.yaml forgejo-runner.sh reload