diff --git a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
index 0d40fce..ce82f5a 100644
--- a/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
+++ b/.vscode/numbered-bookmarks.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 			"fsPath": "$ROOTPATH$/borghelper.sh",
 			"bookmarks": [
 				-1,
-				222,
+				231,
 				-1,
 				-1,
 				-1,
diff --git a/borghelper.sh b/borghelper.sh
index 8c170ad..fbbcca0 100755
--- a/borghelper.sh
+++ b/borghelper.sh
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ fi
 ### pre-requisites
 
 # is user root?
-if [ ! "$( id -u )" -eq 0 ]; then
-    consoleError 1 'You must be root to run this script.'
-fi
+#if [ ! "$( id -u )" -eq 0 ]; then
+#    consoleError 1 'You must be root to run this script.'
+#fi
 
 # has a parameter been passed to this script?
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
@@ -229,6 +229,19 @@ elif [ "$operation" = 'viewarchive' ]; then
     borg list ::"${archiveName}"
 fi
 
+# restore operations
+if [ "$operation" = 'restore' ]; then
+    if [ -z "$fileName" ]; then
+        # restore entire archive
+        cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
+        borg --show-rc extract --list ::"${archiveName}"
+    elif [ "$fileName" ]; then
+        # restore single file
+        cd "$restorePath" || consoleError 4 'Could not change to restore directory.'
+        borg --show-rc extract --list ::"${archiveName}" "${fileName}"
+    fi
+fi
+
 
 ### exit gracefully
 cleanup