diff --git a/scripts/freecad2gazebo.py b/scripts/freecad2gazebo
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 98%
rename from scripts/freecad2gazebo.py
rename to scripts/freecad2gazebo
index 0f1289e..34a7792
--- a/scripts/freecad2gazebo.py
+++ b/scripts/freecad2gazebo
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
 import os
 from freecad_to_gazebo import freecad_exporter
 import argparse