diff --git a/linuxacademy-dl.py b/linuxacademy-dl.py
index 5be212f..db1bdf4 100644
--- a/linuxacademy-dl.py
+++ b/linuxacademy-dl.py
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ import youtube_dl
 from selenium import webdriver
 from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
 from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
+from os.path import expanduser
 
+# if running as root...kick out
+if os.geteuid()==0:
+    sys.exit("\nPlease run this script as unprivileged user only.\n")
+
+home = expanduser("~")
 
 def usage(error=0, msg=None):
     if msg:
@@ -20,11 +26,11 @@ def usage(error=0, msg=None):
     print("\tOptions may be replaced with environment variables. Command line options take precedence.")
     print("\t\tLADL_USERNAME, LADL_PASSWORD, LADL_DIR, LADL_COOKIES\n")
     print("Examples:")
-    print("\t$ ./linuxacademy-dl.py -u person@exmple.com -p p@ssw0rd https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/346\n")
+    print("\t$ ./linuxacademy-dl.py -u person@exmple.com -p my_p@ssw0rd https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/388\n")
     print("\t$ export LADL_USERNAME=person@example.com")
-    print("\t$ export LADL_PASSWORD=p@ssw0rd")
-    print("\t$ export LADL_DIR=/home/jdoe/linux-academy")
-    print("\t$ ./linuxacademy-dl.py https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/346")
+    print("\t$ export LADL_PASSWORD=my_p@ssw0rd")
+    print('\t$ export LADL_DIR=' + str(home) + '/linux-academy-videos')
+    print("\t$ ./linuxacademy-dl.py https://linuxacademy.com/cp/modules/view/id/388")
     exit(error)