diff --git a/.includes/dialog-interface.sh b/.includes/dialog-interface.sh
index c096c71..afda207 100644
--- a/.includes/dialog-interface.sh
+++ b/.includes/dialog-interface.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 if [[ -z "$dialogType" ]]; then
     if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]]; then
         dialogType="dialog"
-    else
+    elif command -v yad &> /dev/null; then
         dialogType="yad"
+    else
+        dialogType="dialog"
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/.includes/functions.sh b/.includes/functions.sh
index b73ae3a..5a6d4a0 100644
--- a/.includes/functions.sh
+++ b/.includes/functions.sh
@@ -8,15 +8,26 @@ alert() {
 }
 
 check_requirements() {
-    # Make sure the minimum of curl, sox, wine, and winetricks are installed or fex-emu on aarch64
+    # Make sure this is not ran as root
+    if [[ "$(whoami)" == "root" ]]; then
+            echo "Please do not run ${0##*/} as root."
+            return 1
+    fi 
+
+    # Make sure the minimum dependencies are installed
     if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" ]]; then
         minimumDependencies=("FEXLoader")
         wine="FEXLoader -- /usr/bin/wine"
     else
-        minimumDependencies=("curl" "sox" "wine")
+        minimumDependencies=(
+            "curl"
+            "dialog"
+            "sox"
+            "wine"
+        )
     fi
     for i in "${minimumDependencies[@]}" ; do
-        if ! command -v $i &> /dev/null ; then
+        if ! command -v "$i" &> /dev/null ; then
             echo "Please install $i before continuing."
             return 1
         fi
diff --git a/audiogame-manager.sh b/audiogame-manager.sh
index caf0ddc..2779f3b 100755
--- a/audiogame-manager.sh
+++ b/audiogame-manager.sh
@@ -597,8 +597,10 @@ trap "exit 0" SIGINT
 # This must happen before we modify DISPLAY to preserve console detection
 if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]]; then
     dialogType="dialog"
+elif command -v yad &> /dev/null; then
+    dialogType="yad"
 else
-    dialogType="yad" 
+    dialogType="dialog"
 fi
 
 # Source dialog interface early for progress display