diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ElevationFunction.java b/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ElevationFunction.java
index ff139840..25afe2c9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ElevationFunction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ElevationFunction.java
@@ -4,6 +4,34 @@ import io.xpipe.core.util.FailableFunction;
 
 public interface ElevationFunction {
 
+    static ElevationFunction ifNotRoot(ElevationFunction function) {
+        return new ElevationFunction() {
+            @Override
+            public String getPrefix() {
+                return function.getPrefix();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean isSpecified() {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public boolean apply(ShellControl shellControl) throws Exception {
+                if (shellControl.getOsType() == OsType.WINDOWS) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                var isRoot = shellControl.executeSimpleBooleanCommand("test \"${EUID:-$(id -u)}\" -eq 0");
+                if (isRoot) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                return function.apply(shellControl);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     static ElevationFunction of(String prefix, FailableFunction<ShellControl, Boolean, Exception> f) {
         return new ElevationFunction() {
             @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ShellControl.java b/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ShellControl.java
index 2b52f330..a50e1266 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ShellControl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/xpipe/core/process/ShellControl.java
@@ -207,7 +207,10 @@ public interface ShellControl extends ProcessControl {
                 return CommandBuilder.ofString(command);
             }
         };
-        return singularSubShell(o);
+        var sc = singularSubShell(o);
+        sc.withSourceStore(getSourceStore().orElse(null));
+        sc.setParentSystemAccess(ParentSystemAccess.identity());
+        return sc;
     }
 
     default <T> T enforceDialect(@NonNull ShellDialect type, FailableFunction<ShellControl, T, Exception> sc)