diff --git a/bashrc b/bashrc
index c9fffc9..5016aa9 100644
--- a/bashrc
+++ b/bashrc
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export  glideinWMSMonitor_OUTPUT_DIR="/crabprod/CSstoragePath/Monitor"
 
 # Discover the directory where the software sits:
 export  glideinWMSMonitor_RELEASE_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+echo $glideinWMSMonitor_RELEASE_DIR
 
 # source the functions to discover SiteDB, HTCondor and CMS Dashboard information
 source $glideinWMSMonitor_RELEASE_DIR/sitedb_functions.sh
diff --git a/condor_check.sh b/condor_check.sh
index ec760c3..2ef10a9 100755
--- a/condor_check.sh
+++ b/condor_check.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # put a time limit on a command
 alarm() { perl -e 'alarm shift; exec @ARGV' "$@"; }
diff --git a/condor_functions.sh b/condor_functions.sh
index 57e3db9..2d8c738 100755
--- a/condor_functions.sh
+++ b/condor_functions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 getClassAds() {
   # Function to dump a set of ClassAds for queued, running and jobs 
diff --git a/condor_history_analyze.sh b/condor_history_analyze.sh
index 525600f..9d84770 100755
--- a/condor_history_analyze.sh
+++ b/condor_history_analyze.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 # discover the exit code explantions?
 # DAG jobs not included in held table.
 # report CRAB3 vs CRAB2 jobs
diff --git a/condor_history_dump.sh b/condor_history_dump.sh
index f454edd..00b56d1 100755
--- a/condor_history_dump.sh
+++ b/condor_history_dump.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
+
 POOLNAME="glidein-collector-2.t2.ucsd.edu"
 
 OUTFILE=$glideinWMSMonitor_OUTPUT_DIR/monitor-anaops-history-`/bin/date +%F-Z%R -u`.txt
diff --git a/dashboard_functions.sh b/dashboard_functions.sh
index f38e9d1..dab3946 100755
--- a/dashboard_functions.sh
+++ b/dashboard_functions.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 site_downtimes_from_ssb() {
   # get the downtimes from SSB, remove any quotes so the output