diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 6c805a9..af0b9ac 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ setup_conda_rc "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
 source run_conda_forge_build_setup
 
+
+
 # make the build number clobber
 make_build_number "${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}" "${RECIPE_ROOT}" "${CONFIG_FILE}"
 
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index d78427b..6788aea 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#!/bin/sh
+"""exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
 #
+# The line above this comment is a bash / sh / zsh guard
+# to stop people from running it with the wrong interpreter
 import glob
 import os
 import platform