diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76c3624969..dd4255da2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Gogs - Go Git Service [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gogits/gogs.svg?bra
 
 ![](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/master/public/img/gogs-large-resize.png?raw=true)
 
-##### Current tip version: 0.9.69 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions)
+##### Current tip version: 0.9.70 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions)
 
 | Web | UI  | Preview  |
 |:-------------:|:-------:|:-------:|
diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index 09d8590c6c..092e663e44 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
 )
 
-const APP_VER = "0.9.69.0808"
+const APP_VER = "0.9.70.0808"
 
 func init() {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
diff --git a/modules/setting/setting.go b/modules/setting/setting.go
index aa618ad65c..a56c4824e9 100644
--- a/modules/setting/setting.go
+++ b/modules/setting/setting.go
@@ -285,6 +285,19 @@ func forcePathSeparator(path string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// IsRunUserMatchCurrentUser returns false if configured run user does not match
+// actual user that runs the app. The first return value is the actual user name.
+// This check is ignored under Windows since SSH remote login is not the main
+// method to login on Windows.
+func IsRunUserMatchCurrentUser(runUser string) (string, bool) {
+	if IsWindows {
+		return "", true
+	}
+
+	currentUser := user.CurrentUsername()
+	return currentUser, runUser == currentUser
+}
+
 // NewContext initializes configuration context.
 // NOTE: do not print any log except error.
 func NewContext() {
@@ -431,10 +444,12 @@ func NewContext() {
 	}[Cfg.Section("time").Key("FORMAT").MustString("RFC1123")]
 
 	RunUser = Cfg.Section("").Key("RUN_USER").String()
-	curUser := user.CurrentUsername()
 	// Does not check run user when the install lock is off.
-	if InstallLock && RunUser != curUser {
-		log.Fatal(4, "Expect user(%s) but current user is: %s", RunUser, curUser)
+	if InstallLock {
+		currentUser, match := IsRunUserMatchCurrentUser(RunUser)
+		if !match {
+			log.Fatal(4, "Expect user '%s' but current user is: %s", RunUser, currentUser)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Determine and create root git repository path.
diff --git a/routers/install.go b/routers/install.go
index 8b96ff8254..75f38a7931 100644
--- a/routers/install.go
+++ b/routers/install.go
@@ -252,11 +252,10 @@ func InstallPost(ctx *context.Context, form auth.InstallForm) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Check run user.
-	curUser := user.CurrentUsername()
-	if form.RunUser != curUser {
+	currentUser, match := setting.IsRunUserMatchCurrentUser(form.RunUser)
+	if !match {
 		ctx.Data["Err_RunUser"] = true
-		ctx.RenderWithErr(ctx.Tr("install.run_user_not_match", form.RunUser, curUser), INSTALL, &form)
+		ctx.RenderWithErr(ctx.Tr("install.run_user_not_match", form.RunUser, currentUser), INSTALL, &form)
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/templates/.VERSION b/templates/.VERSION
index ec9912cd1e..211c83f959 100644
--- a/templates/.VERSION
+++ b/templates/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.69.0808
\ No newline at end of file
+0.9.70.0808
\ No newline at end of file