diff --git a/tools/postgres-init-test-db b/tools/postgres-init-test-db
index 173138042e..2274f46b3b 100755
--- a/tools/postgres-init-test-db
+++ b/tools/postgres-init-test-db
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#/bin/sh -xe
+#!/bin/bash -xe
 
 $(dirname $0)/postgres-init-db zulip_test $($(dirname $0)/../bin/get-django-setting LOCAL_DATABASE_PASSWORD) zulip_test zulip,public