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diff --git a/autorandr.py b/autorandr.py
index 84fb3b3..aa4b8f2 100755
--- a/autorandr.py
+++ b/autorandr.py
@@ -798,7 +798,14 @@ def dispatch_call_to_sessions(argv):
         if not os.path.isfile(environ_file):
             continue
         uid = os.stat(environ_file).st_uid
-        if uid == 0:
+
+        # The following line assumes that user accounts start at 1000 and that
+        # no one works using the root or another system account. This is rather
+        # restrictive, but de facto default. Alternatives would be to use the
+        # UID_MIN from /etc/login.defs or FIRST_UID from /etc/adduser.conf;
+        # but effectively, both values aren't binding in any way.
+        # If this breaks your use case, please file a bug on Github.
+        if uid < 1000:
             continue
 
         process_environ = {}
@@ -1033,7 +1040,7 @@ def main(argv):
 
     sys.exit(0)
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+def exception_handled_main(argv=sys.argv):
     try:
         main(sys.argv)
     except AutorandrException as e:
@@ -1046,3 +1053,6 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
         print("Unhandled exception ({0}). Please report this as a bug at https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues.".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
         raise
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    exception_handled_main()