diff --git a/pkg/standalone/launcher_linux.go b/pkg/standalone/launcher_linux.go
index f2d0392d345f83ff227fc3c718d231733de9163b..76f74f8e6e4af7e64555dc72da3af4c78f7989c1 100644
--- a/pkg/standalone/launcher_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/standalone/launcher_linux.go
@@ -193,13 +193,12 @@ func runBitmaskRoot(arg ...string) error {
 	arg = append([]string{bitmaskRoot}, arg...)
 
 	out, err := exec.Command("pkexec", arg...).Output()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err != nil && arg[2] != "isup" {
 		log.Println("Error while running bitmask-root:")
 		log.Println("args: ", arg)
 		log.Println("output: ", string(out))
-		return err
 	}
-	return nil
+	return err
 }
 
 func bitmaskRootPath() (string, error) {