diff --git a/src/hooks/hook-ethernet-dhcp.sh b/src/hooks/hook-ethernet-dhcp.sh
index 65e64f1..0648b6a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/hook-ethernet-dhcp.sh
+++ b/src/hooks/hook-ethernet-dhcp.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/src/hooks/hook-parabola-buildbox.sh b/src/hooks/hook-parabola-buildbox.sh
index d85ccfa..0d40397 100644
--- a/src/hooks/hook-parabola-buildbox.sh
+++ b/src/hooks/hook-parabola-buildbox.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
 
diff --git a/src/pvm-common.sh.inc b/src/pvm-common.sh.inc
index 6da7685..ce83afd 100644
--- a/src/pvm-common.sh.inc
+++ b/src/pvm-common.sh.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ###############################################################################
 #     parabola-vmbootstrap -- create and start parabola virtual machines      #
 #                                                                             #
diff --git a/src/pvm2tarball.sh b/src/pvm2tarball.sh
index f3612f1..393c426 100755
--- a/src/pvm2tarball.sh
+++ b/src/pvm2tarball.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ###############################################################################
 #     parabola-vmbootstrap -- create and start parabola virtual machines      #
 #                                                                             #
diff --git a/src/pvmboot.sh b/src/pvmboot.sh
index d37554a..65cad24 100755
--- a/src/pvmboot.sh
+++ b/src/pvmboot.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ###############################################################################
 #     parabola-vmbootstrap -- create and start parabola virtual machines      #
 #                                                                             #
diff --git a/src/pvmbootstrap.sh b/src/pvmbootstrap.sh
index 288d4eb..d424b35 100755
--- a/src/pvmbootstrap.sh
+++ b/src/pvmbootstrap.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 ###############################################################################
 #     parabola-vmbootstrap -- create and start parabola virtual machines      #
 #                                                                             #
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ pvm_bootstrap() # assumes: $arch $imagefile $loopdev $workdir , traps: INT TERM
   # create a master hook script
   msg2 "hooks.sh:"
   sudo tee "$workdir"/root/hooks.sh << EOF
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 echo "[hooks.sh] boot successful - configuring ...."
 
 # generate the locale