diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index c004ab83..a68b7a3e 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 TII (SSRC) and the Ghaf contributors
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0