diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aed4b9b..5ca0a65 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ all: pandoc html
 
 # workaround for pandoc not being present in Cloudflare Pages platform V2
 pandoc:
-	pandoc --version || apt install pandoc
+	pandoc --version || sudo apt install -y pandoc
 
 # Generate html from all md files in src/, in out/
 html: $(patsubst src/%,out/%,$(patsubst %.md,%.html,$(wildcard src/*.md src/quickref/*.md))) Makefile