diff --git a/gui/builtinPreferenceViews/pyfaGaugePreferences.py b/gui/builtinPreferenceViews/pyfaGaugePreferences.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index badef5b2c..95b2a33a5
--- a/gui/builtinPreferenceViews/pyfaGaugePreferences.py
+++ b/gui/builtinPreferenceViews/pyfaGaugePreferences.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
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