diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 59611c73c4..495719e6fc 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 cd `dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"`/kalite
 
 # move any previously downloaded content from the old location to the new
diff --git a/stop.sh b/stop.sh
index 81fe6dde2b..034326d33a 100755
--- a/stop.sh
+++ b/stop.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+
 cd `dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"`/kalite
 ./serverstop.sh
 ./cronstop.sh