diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/managix b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/managix
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 89fe201..66a0cd3
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/managix
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/managix
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#/*
+# Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# you may obtain a copy of the License from
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#*/
 if [ -z $MANAGIX_HOME ]
  then
    pushd $(dirname $0) >/dev/null
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/validate_ssh.sh b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/validate_ssh.sh
index 998b382..9415a58 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/validate_ssh.sh
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/validate_ssh.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #/*
 # Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/verify.sh b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/verify.sh
index 28977aa..9620b87 100644
--- a/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/verify.sh
+++ b/asterix-installer/src/main/resources/scripts/verify.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 #/*
 # Copyright 2009-2013 by The Regents of the University of California
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");