diff --git a/utils/quota.py b/utils/quota.py
index f3b39b89d88562542e916a97509df36796ef1c28..a27b045d4634bdb7ae640656fc346b43781a8e58 100644
--- a/utils/quota.py
+++ b/utils/quota.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def getFloat(chose):
     return float(chose)
 
 def getUserQuota(user):
-    proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', 'quota', user], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(['sudo', '-n', 'quota', user], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdoutdata = proc.communicate()[0]
     string_result = stdoutdata.split("\n")
     quotas = []