diff --git a/ct/kasm.sh b/ct/kasm.sh
index e64ae4903..c02d76373 100644
--- a/ct/kasm.sh
+++ b/ct/kasm.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var_ram="${var_ram:-4192}"
 var_disk="${var_disk:-30}"
 var_os="${var_os:-debian}"
 var_version="${var_version:-12}"
-var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-1}"
+var_unprivileged="${var_unprivileged:-0}"
 var_fuse="${var_fuse:-yes}"
 var_tun="${var_tun:-yes}"
 
diff --git a/install/kasm-install.sh b/install/kasm-install.sh
index edf88bf47..b1d7913aa 100644
--- a/install/kasm-install.sh
+++ b/install/kasm-install.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@ update_os
 msg_info "Installing Kasm Workspaces"
 KASM_VERSION=$(curl -fsSL 'https://www.kasmweb.com/downloads' | grep -o 'https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_[^"]*\.tar\.gz' | head -n 1 | sed -E 's/.*release_(.*)\.tar\.gz/\1/')
 curl -fsSL -o "/opt/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz" "https://kasm-static-content.s3.amazonaws.com/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-cd /opt
-tar -xf "kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-chmod +x /opt/kasm_release/install.sh
-printf 'y\ny\ny\n4\n' | bash /opt/kasm_release/install.sh | tee ~/kasm-install.output
+tar -xf "/opt/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz" -C /opt
+printf 'y\ny\ny\n4\n' | bash /opt/kasm_release/install.sh
+touch ~/kasm-install.output
 sed -n '/Kasm UI Login Credentials/,$p' ~/kasm-install.output >~/kasm.creds
 msg_ok "Installed Kasm Workspaces"
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ motd_ssh
 customize
 
 msg_info "Cleaning up"
-$STD rm -f /opt/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz
+$STD rm -f "/opt/kasm_release_${KASM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 $STD apt-get -y autoremove
 $STD apt-get -y autoclean
 msg_ok "Cleaned"