diff --git a/launch.sh b/launch.sh
index a048599f9..08b9110a0 100755
--- a/launch.sh
+++ b/launch.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 cd `dirname $0`/src
 exec -a gajim python -OOt gajim.py $@
diff --git a/scripts/gajim b/scripts/gajim
index 701c21a33..fb83a4f84 100644
--- a/scripts/gajim
+++ b/scripts/gajim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 ##      gajim
 ##
 ## Contributors for this file: