US VPN connection issues

Hello,
I’m trying to connect to the US free vpn, however every time i get this:

Tue Jun 23 01:20:31 2020 library versions: OpenSSL 1.1.1f 31 Mar 2020, LZO 2.10
Tue Jun 23 01:20:31 2020 OpenSSL: error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line
Tue Jun 23 01:20:31 2020 OpenSSL: error:140AD009:SSL routines:SSL_CTX_use_certificate_file:PEM lib
Tue Jun 23 01:20:31 2020 Cannot load inline certificate file
Tue Jun 23 01:20:31 2020 Exiting due to fatal error

On the other hand, connecting to the EU vpn works just fine when I switch regions. Does anyone have any pointers on how to solve this since I’d prefer to use my local servers if I can.

I think the issue is you need to run the openvpn command with “sudo”