diff --git a/dist/setup.sh b/dist/setup.sh
index 5ac5809..449b304 100755
--- a/dist/setup.sh
+++ b/dist/setup.sh
@@ -530,14 +530,12 @@ sanity_checks() {
 
   local OS=$(uname -s)
 
-  if [[ $OS == 'Darwin' ]]; then
-    echo "           Run as user option is not supported on OSX."
-    echo "           Please run start.sh later as the user you are running this setup utility under."
-    RUN_AS_USER=$USER
-  fi
-
   if [[ ''$RUN_AS_USER == '' ]]; then
     RUN_AS_USER=$USER
+  elif [[ $OS == 'Darwin' ]]; then
+    echo "          Run as user option is not supported on OSX."
+    echo "          Please run start.sh later as the user you are running this setup utility under."
+    RUN_AS_USER=$USER
   fi
 
   local sudo=0