diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af45118fbd9818ec5a6f8447cf4027676c8bda5f..48b8e34ca9f4f73e53986dfb58b8f68d84841975 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ University of California, San Diego
 
 ## Version
 
-1.7.5
+1.7.6
 
 ## Last Updated
 
-Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
+Friday, July 23rd, 2021
diff --git a/naked-singularity.sh b/naked-singularity.sh
index e9c473dbed768c79398ed4be43ef6960b7acd52b..74edffd538ba71f69581385653ff89b891a51c25 100755
--- a/naked-singularity.sh
+++ b/naked-singularity.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #
 # LAST UPDATED
 #
-#   Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
+#   Friday, July 23rd, 2021
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -196,10 +196,19 @@ naked::install() {
   wget "https://github.com/hpcng/singularity/releases/download/v${singularity_version}/singularity-${singularity_version}.tar.gz"
   tar -xf "singularity-${singularity_version}.tar.gz"
   cd singularity
-  ./mconfig #--prefix=/opt/singularity
+  ./mconfig #--prefix=/opt/singularity <- include prefix as used-defined option?
   make -C ./builddir
   make -C ./builddir install
 
+  # Prepend the path of the install directory of Singularity to PATH
+  # because not all secure_paths in /etc/sudoers may include it. If it
+  # is not included as one of the secure_paths by default, then the
+  # final install test below will fail erroneously, even when
+  # Singularity has been installed successfully.
+  #
+  # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/8646/why-are-path-variables-different-when-running-via-sudo-and-su
+  export PATH="/usr/local/bin:${PATH}"
+
   log::output 'Checking if Singularity was installed successully ...'
   singularity --version
   if [[ "${?}" -ne 0 ]]; then