diff --git a/npm/install.js b/npm/install.js
index fcc2e7b07103..12d0d158e370 100755
--- a/npm/install.js
+++ b/npm/install.js
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ var paths = {
   win32: path.join(__dirname, './dist/atom.exe')
 }
 
+var shebang = {
+  darwin: '#!/bin/bash\n',
+  linux: '#!/bin/bash\n',
+  win32: ''
+}
+
 var argv = {
   darwin: '"$@"',
   linux: '"$@"',
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ if (!paths[platform]) throw new Error('Unknown platform: '+platform)
 nugget(url, {target:name, dir:__dirname, resume:true, verbose:true}, function(err) {
   if (err) return onerror(err)
   fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'path.txt'), paths[platform])
-  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'run.bat'), '"'+paths[platform]+'" '+argv[platform])
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'run.bat'), shebang[platform]+'"'+paths[platform]+'" '+argv[platform])
   extract(path.join(__dirname, name), {dir:path.join(__dirname, 'dist')}, function(err) {
     if (err) return onerror(err)
   })