diff --git a/utils/migrate_user_tables.py b/utils/migrate_user_tables.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6ae5555..923aa0c
--- a/utils/migrate_user_tables.py
+++ b/utils/migrate_user_tables.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """
 This script updates the auth and session sqlite3 databases to use the