diff --git a/content/submitting_jobs/app_specific/submitting_matlab_jobs.md b/content/submitting_jobs/app_specific/submitting_matlab_jobs.md
index c137f6505b4a0282f7f04baf024e66371db2292a..86b438ea68a6963a86ff69308c2b7b48d628b6d1 100644
--- a/content/submitting_jobs/app_specific/submitting_matlab_jobs.md
+++ b/content/submitting_jobs/app_specific/submitting_matlab_jobs.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Specifically, these two lines should be added before calling matlab:
 
 {{% panel theme="info" header="serial_matlab.submit" %}}
 {{< highlight batch >}}
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #SBATCH --time=03:15:00
 #SBATCH --mem-per-cpu=1024
 #SBATCH --job-name=[job_name]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The submit file:
 
 {{% panel theme="info" header="parallel_matlab.submit" %}}
 {{< highlight batch >}}
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #SBATCH --nodes=1
 #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=5
 #SBATCH --time=03:15:00