diff --git a/prism/src/bin/prism.linux b/prism/src/bin/prism.linux
index 7f10c165..1dcb102d 100755
--- a/prism/src/bin/prism.linux
+++ b/prism/src/bin/prism.linux
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # Startup script for PRISM (Linux/Solaris)