diff --git a/forgejo.sh b/forgejo.sh
index 43f9790..3c706ae 100755
--- a/forgejo.sh
+++ b/forgejo.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function setup() {
     else
 	wait_for docker exec --user 1000 forgejo forgejo admin user create --admin --username "$user" --password "$password" --email "$user@example.com"
     fi
-    docker exec --user 1000 forgejo forgejo admin user generate-access-token -u $user --raw > forgejo-token
+    docker exec --user 1000 forgejo forgejo admin user generate-access-token -u $user --raw --scopes 'all,sudo' > forgejo-token
     ( echo -n 'Authorization: token ' ; cat forgejo-token ) > forgejo-header
     ( echo "#!/bin/sh" ; echo 'curl -sS -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H @'$(pwd)/forgejo-header' "$@"' ) > forgejo-api && chmod +x forgejo-api
 }