diff --git a/perl-script/provision.pl b/perl-script/provision.pl
index 44079a9..d2017c5 100644
--- a/perl-script/provision.pl
+++ b/perl-script/provision.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ my $admin_un;
 
 # Check /etc/passwd for the username created during
 # installation
-if( ($admin_un) = `tail /etc/passwd` =~ /([^:]+):[^:]+:[0-9]{4,}/){
+if( ($admin_un) = `tail /etc/passwd | grep -v "nobody:"` =~ /([^:]+):[^:]+:[0-9]{4,}/){
     printf("admin user will be set to %s\n", $admin_un);
 }else{
     die "create a non-root user & set user passsword before running this script."