diff --git a/scripts/install_update_linux.sh b/scripts/install_update_linux.sh
index d4e0cee0..6c497196 100755
--- a/scripts/install_update_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_update_linux.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # allow specifying different destination directory
-DIR="${DIR:-"/usr/local/bin"}"
+DIR="${DIR:-"$HOME/.local/bin"}"
 
 # map different architecture variations to the available binaries
 ARCH=$(uname -m)
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ GITHUB_URL="https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazydocker/releases/download/${GITH
 # install/update the local binary
 curl -L -o lazydocker.tar.gz $GITHUB_URL
 tar xzvf lazydocker.tar.gz lazydocker
-sudo mv -f lazydocker "$DIR"
+install -Dm 755 lazydocker -t "$DIR"
 rm lazydocker.tar.gz