diff --git a/bat2geomap.py b/bat2geomap.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bat2nodes.py b/bat2nodes.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/mkmap.sh b/mkmap.sh
index 578f73d..a9a0292 100755
--- a/mkmap.sh
+++ b/mkmap.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ DEST=$1
 
 GWS=`(/usr/sbin/batctl gwl -n | tail -n +2 | grep -v '^No' | sed 's/=>//' | awk '{ print $1 }') | while read a; do echo -n "-g $a "; done`
 
-/usr/sbin/batctl vd json | python "$(dirname "$0")"/bat2nodes.py -a "$(dirname "$0")"/aliases.json $GWS - > $DEST/nodes.json.new
-/usr/sbin/batctl vd json | python "$(dirname "$0")"/bat2geomap.py -a "$(dirname "$0")"/aliases.json - > $DEST/geomap.kml.new
+/usr/sbin/batctl vd json | "$(dirname "$0")"/bat2nodes.py -a "$(dirname "$0")"/aliases.json $GWS - > $DEST/nodes.json.new
+/usr/sbin/batctl vd json | "$(dirname "$0")"/bat2geomap.py -a "$(dirname "$0")"/aliases.json - > $DEST/geomap.kml.new
 
 mv $DEST/nodes.json.new $DEST/nodes.json
 mv $DEST/geomap.kml.new $DEST/geomap.kml