diff --git a/docker.sh b/docker.sh
index 0a8c49d..ff42d34 100755
--- a/docker.sh
+++ b/docker.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-docker run -p 8983:8983 -v $(PWD)/solr_home:/opt/mysolrhome -e SOLR_HOME=/opt/mysolrhome -e INIT_SOLR_HOME=yes solr:8.4.1
+if [ "$(uname -s)" == 'Linux' ]; then
+   # necessary on Linux according to https://github.com/docker-solr/docker-solr/blob/master/README.md
+   # docker does volume mount as solr user, which has usually no permissions on the host system
+   sudo chown -R 8983:8983 solr_home   
+fi
+
+docker run -p 8983:8983 -v "${PWD}/solr_home:/opt/mysolrhome" -e SOLR_HOME=/opt/mysolrhome -e INIT_SOLR_HOME=yes solr:8.4.1
diff --git a/index.sh b/index.sh
index 54ae880..b5c90f8 100755
--- a/index.sh
+++ b/index.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 if [ ! -f ./tmdb_solr.json ]; then
   unzip tmdb_solr.json.zip
 fi