diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/life.sh b/examples/javaonedemo/life.sh
index ec1aa98c9ad376f5912e2168fbf21c21cc7f006e..22e92a52b5ffa73ec7e6bf067e9fc6f67fb08380 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/life.sh
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/life.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
 java \
    -Djava.library.path=../../com.amd.aparapi.jni/dist \
    -classpath ../../com.amd.aparapi/dist/aparapi.jar:javaonedemo.jar \
diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/mandel.sh b/examples/javaonedemo/mandel.sh
index b204770a4ecc5c2550c89988fdc5eda590fb3820..bc38609612b19e2654a1eea998e7b7b6fd9bec8f 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/mandel.sh
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/mandel.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
 java \
    -Djava.library.path=../../com.amd.aparapi.jni/dist \
    -classpath ../../com.amd.aparapi/dist/aparapi.jar:javaonedemo.jar \
diff --git a/examples/javaonedemo/nbody.sh b/examples/javaonedemo/nbody.sh
index 3843ae2c853c7a657b33ff6fd2adb31542b8bce8..d3ac3c8264d2db8f56c5d00c6089812bbe4b0e28 100644
--- a/examples/javaonedemo/nbody.sh
+++ b/examples/javaonedemo/nbody.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+#!/bin/bash 
 case $(uname -i) in 
     x86_64 )
         export ARCH=linux-amd64 ;;