diff --git a/buildcore.sh b/buildcore.sh
index 0fbcf0ec6..8db928c6a 100755
--- a/buildcore.sh
+++ b/buildcore.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# The shell is commented out so that it will run in bash on linux and ksh on aix
-#  !/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
+# The shell is commented out so that it will run in bash on linux and ksh on aix
 # Build and upload the xcat-core code, on either linux or aix.
 
 # Getting Started:
diff --git a/builddep.sh b/builddep.sh
index 5a3f7e931..b5667f99e 100755
--- a/builddep.sh
+++ b/builddep.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 # The shell is commented out so that it will run in bash on linux and ksh on aix
-# !/bin/sh
+
 #
 # Package up all the xCAT open source dependencies
 # - creating the yum repos
diff --git a/buildlocal.sh b/buildlocal.sh
index fa4e6dfa6..da6f64899 100755
--- a/buildlocal.sh
+++ b/buildlocal.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
 #######################################################################
 #build script for local usage
 #used for Linux/AIX/Ubuntu
diff --git a/makerpm b/makerpm
index 76a800688..45c85481d 100755
--- a/makerpm
+++ b/makerpm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# The shell is commented out so that it will run in bash on linux and ksh on aix
-#  !/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash
 
+# The shell is commented out so that it will run in bash on linux and ksh on aix
 # IBM(c) 2007 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 
 # Common script to make any one the xcat rpms.  To build locally, run in the top dir of local svn repository, for example: