diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 067a2913cc95c9cc7aa8eaa8e35e65afd8977beb..df78e341f709ea7898c73e753fd7fcc22875b90b
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/configure_cots_bandrich_ue.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python 
+
 import time
 import serial
 import os