diff --git a/.update.sh b/.update.sh
index 2a207e0..80b84c8 100644
--- a/.update.sh
+++ b/.update.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ cd $DOTFILES
 git fetch --all --prune
 if [[ -n "$(git status -s)" ]]; then
     fmt_error "directory not clean"
-    post_beacon "dfs.dirty" 1>/dev/null &
+    apost_beacon "dfs.dirty"
     exit
 fi
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ case $DFS_UPDATE_CHANNEL in
 esac
 if [[ ${#DFS_COMMIT} != 40 ]]; then
     fmt_error "invalid commit id"
-    post_beacon "dfs.invalid-commit" 1>/dev/null &
+    apost_beacon "dfs.invalid-commit"
     post_log "ERROR" "$THIS_FILE" "invalid commit id: ${DFS_COMMIT}"
     exit
 fi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if [[ "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" == "$DFS_COMMIT" ]]; then
 else
     fmt_info "checking out to commit $DFS_COMMIT ..."
     if [[ -z "$DFS_DEV" ]]; then
-        post_beacon "dfs.updated" 1>/dev/null &
+        apost_beacon "dfs.updated"
         git -c advice.detachedHead=false checkout $DFS_COMMIT
         cp ./.update.sh ./update.sh && chmod +x ./update.sh && exit $DFS_UPDATED_RET
     else
diff --git a/.zshrc2 b/.zshrc2
index 85a690a..0b957b8 100644
--- a/.zshrc2
+++ b/.zshrc2
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ antigen theme ${ZSH_THEME:-$TMP_THEME}
 antigen apply
 # end of antigen config
 
+# beacon
+if [[ "$EUID" == "0" ]]; then
+    "$DOTFILES/tools/common.sh" apost_beacon "sys.login.root"
+else
+    "$DOTFILES/tools/common.sh" apost_beacon "sys.login.user"
+fi
+
 # alias
 alias "pls"='sudo $(fc -ln -1)'
 alias "se"='sudo -sE'
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 11a1e9a..b6c1233 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ install(){
     install_crontab
     install_file_content
     install_symlink
-    post_beacon "dfs.installed" 1>/dev/null &
+    apost_beacon "dfs.installed"
     # those that won't be uninstalled in the future
     install_tmux_tpm
     install_vim_vundle
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ uninstall(){
     uninstall_crontab
     uninstall_file_content
     uninstall_symlink
-    post_beacon "dfs.uninstalled" 1>/dev/null &
+    apost_beacon "dfs.uninstalled"
     fmt_note "done uninstalling!"
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/common.sh b/tools/common.sh
index c192ab4..152ea16 100755
--- a/tools/common.sh
+++ b/tools/common.sh
@@ -151,11 +151,21 @@ post_log()
     "${DOTFILES}/tools/logger.sh" "log" "[$1][$2] $3"
 }
 
+apost_log()
+{
+    post_log "$@" 1>/dev/null &
+}
+
 post_beacon()
 {
     "${DOTFILES}/tools/logger.sh" "beacon" "$1"
 }
 
+apost_beacon()
+{
+    post_beacon "$@" 1>/dev/null &
+}
+
 get_os_type() {
     local ans="unknown"
     case "$(uname -s)" in
diff --git a/tools/test.zsh b/tools/test.zsh
index b6af5ec..c1eaa05 100644
--- a/tools/test.zsh
+++ b/tools/test.zsh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ grep -q ".zshrc2" ~/.zshrc
 # check scripts and functions
 dfs version
 dfs log 1
-dfs beacon github-ci
+dfs beacon gh.ci
 z ~
 test ~ -ef "$(pwd)"
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