diff --git a/common/kernfs.xsl b/common/kernfs.xsl
index 2f875de..f47f665 100644
--- a/common/kernfs.xsl
+++ b/common/kernfs.xsl
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   <xsl:output method="text"/>
 
   <xsl:template match="/">
+    <xsl:text>#!/bin/bash
+</xsl:text>
     <xsl:apply-templates select="//userinput[contains(string(),'--bind') or
                                              contains(string(),'/proc') or
                                              contains(string(),'readlink') or
diff --git a/common/libs/func_book_parser b/common/libs/func_book_parser
index 229cee0..10115b8 100644
--- a/common/libs/func_book_parser
+++ b/common/libs/func_book_parser
@@ -159,9 +159,11 @@ create_kernfs_scripts() {    #
   xsltproc --nonet \
            -o kernfs-scripts/devices.sh kernfs.xsl \
            $BOOK/*/kernfs.xml >> $LOGDIR/$LOG 2>&1
+  chmod +x kernfs-scripts/devices.sh
   xsltproc --nonet \
            -o kernfs-scripts/teardown.sh kernfs.xsl \
            $BOOK/chapter??/reboot.xml >> $LOGDIR/$LOG 2>&1
+  chmod +x kernfs-scripts/teardown.sh
 
   echo "done"