diff --git a/jhalfs b/jhalfs
index 94a2bc0..a3b583d 100755
--- a/jhalfs
+++ b/jhalfs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ check_version "1.15.0"  "${tarVer}"      "TAR"
 SUDO_LOC="`whereis -b sudo | cut -d " " -f2`"
 if [ -x $SUDO_LOC ]; then
   sudoVer=`sudo -V | head -n1 | cut -d " " -f3`
-  echo "SUDO    ${L_arrow}${BOLD}${sudoVer}${R_arrow}${OFF} ..OK"
+  check_version "1.6.8"  "${sudoVer}"      "SUDO"
 else
   echo "${nl_}\"${RED}sudo${OFF}\" ${BOLD}must be installed on your system for jhalfs to run"
   exit 1